Harper's Weekly Magazine gave a lot of attention to the
Plains Indians during the years immediately after the Civil
War. As you can read in the three articles directly below,
the magazine's editorial discussion of the nation's policy
toward the Native Americans took a relevatively balanced
attitude, arguing for justice as well as firmness and
acknowledging the role of white aggression and bad faith as
a cause of Indian hostilities. But Harper's Weekly
was best-known for its illustrations, and during this
period its visual representations of Indians are strikingly
partisan, depicting the Indians as savage predators
ruthlessly stalking and attacking white victims -- as you
can see for yourself by enlarging the images
below.
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