Description"British and Indians, War of 1812!".jpg
English: Horizontal hand-colored engraving showing a British officer paying American Indians to scalp an American soldier. There is a poem beneath the image. The caption is at the top of the page.. Title: "A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and Their Worthy Allies!"
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Engraving William Charles horizontal Color War of 1812 Indians of North America Armed Forces Soldiers scalping British American Political cartoons Wars
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"A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and Their Worthy Allies!" British officer paying Native Americans to scalp an American soldier]. Engraving by L.G. after William Charles, ca. 1812. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. Political Collection. n27914.
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"A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and Their Worthy Allies!" British officer paying Native Americans to scalp an American soldier]. Engraving by L.G. after William Charles, ca. 1812. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. Political Collection. n27914.