Lesson 11 Document 11
TITLE: The nation's ward / Hamilton.
CALL NUMBER: Illus. in AP101.J8 1885 (Case X)
[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-4802 (color film copy
transparency)
SUMMARY: Cartoon showing a snake portrayed as a
Native American coiled around a pioneer family, squeezing the life out of them,
and around a tree; Uncle Sam is feeding the snake from a bowl of
"Government Gruel"; in the background, to the right are
government-sponsored educational facilities for Native Americans, to the left is
a homestead scene under attack by Native Americans.
MEDIUM: 1 print (2 pages) : chromolithograph.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1885 June 20.
CREATOR: Hamilton,
Grant E., artist.
NOTES: Illus. in: Judge, v. 8, no. 192, 1885 June 20, pp. 8-9. Published
in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian
and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and
the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 20.
SUBJECTS:
Indians
of North America--Government relations--1880-1890.
Snakes--1880-1890.
Uncle
Sam (Symbolic character)--1880-1890.
FORMAT:
Political
cartoons 1880-1890.
Periodical
illustrations 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs
Color 1880-1890.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and
Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph
3g04802 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04802
CARD #: 97511827
