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To the right of the archway stands the figure of the plainsman and buffalo hunter, - behind him the slain buffalo, - and behind them the thundering herds of buffalo pursued by Indians - and behind all a lurid sun which lights the scene on both walls.

Centered on the north wall (31' x 11'6") is the gigantic figure of John Brown. In his outstretched left hand the word of God and in the right a "Beecher's bible." Beside him facing each other are the contending free soil and pro-slavery forces. At their feet, two figures symbolic of the million and a half dead of the North and South.

In this group is expressed the fratricidal fury that first flamed on the plains of Kansas, the tragic prelude to the last bloody feud of the English-speaking people. Back of this group are the pioneers and their wagons on the endless trek to the West, and back of all the tornado and the raging prairie fire, fitting symbols of the destruction of the coming Civil War. 

The Eight Panels in the Rotunda (11'6" x 7'5")

These panels being groups in separate pairs offer a problem in design - the designs are paired in idea and composition and preserve a common horizon line. These designs as submitted are not yet completed and must be understood from that point of view. 

In the large detail sketch of these spaces some suggestion of how a sculptured figure would enhance the effect is given, and the effect with he marble removed from above the wainscoting is also shown.

Two panels are at the right of the East Corridor Entrance:
(1) Plains Indians (to be completed)
(2) Plains Indians (to be completed)