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The Nation's Ward, by Grant Hamilton, 1885.
Credit: Library of Congress
This cartoon depicts 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.