The Dragoons, who patrolled the land west of the Mississippi River, have closed in on the fleeing Indians, and the men are locked in hand-to-hand combat. R. P. PAGE WAINWRIGHT, 1ST U. S. CAVALRY. Stretching, twisting men and horses move at top speed, depicted by Remington in an arrested moment in time. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online. General Stephen W. Kearney. Dragoons originally were a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.From the early 18th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry, trained for combat with swords from horseback.. Dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Dragoons, who patrolled the land west of the Mississippi River, have closed in on the fleeing Indians, and the men are locked in hand-to-hand combat. The complex sculpture suggests the chaos of eyewitness observation, yet it also achieves the choreographed monumentality and unity of synthetic composition. The “United States Regiment of Dragoons” was organized by Act of Congress approved March 2, 1833, becoming the “First Regiment of Dragoons” when the Second Dragoons were raised in 1836. While the soldiers’ uniforms, rifles, and accoutrements are historically correct for 1850, Remington’s Indians are closer in type to those he had known in the West in the 1880s and 1890s. Old Dragoons by Frederic Remington1850-1905 This is a classic battle piece between Cavalry men and Indians by Frederic Remington.As Frederic Remington ventured out west he was ever more fascinated with the progressions being made on the Western Frontier and the way in which the people, particularly the Indians, were reacting to these changes. The Old Dragoons of 1850 is another feat of Frederic Remington’s technical achievement. Artist: Frederic Remington (American, Canton, New York 1861-1909 Ridgefield, Connecticut); Date: 1905, cast 1907; Medium: - KNG016 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Download this stock image: The Old Dragoons of 1850. While the soldiers’ uniforms, rifles, and accoutrements are historically correct for 1850, Remington’s Indians are closer in type to those he had known in the West in the 1880s and 1890s. * By CAPT. THE FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.