Critique that Uncle Sam (US Government) is coddling Native Americans and not protecting frontier settlers.
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.
Title: The nation's ward / Hamilton.
Journal: Judge Magazine (Judge was a weekly satirical magazine published in the United States from 1881 to 1947. It was launched by artists who had seceded from its rival Puck.)
Creator: Grant E. Hamilton
Date Created/Published: June 20, 1885
Source: Library of Congress / LC-USZC4-4802