Scalps and Poetry

The story of the American Indians, told here with a profusion of pictures and a spare—if adequate—text, is at once a proud history, cruel and tragic.

Mr. La Farge convinces you that many of the tribes were on the verge of civilization when the white man arrived, first to give impetus to this process, then disrupt it, and finally to destroy it. And today, unscrupulous white men, sometimes in unholy alliance with the government, scheme still to strip some tribes of what little is left of their reservations after a century of broken faith.

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The story of the American Indians, told here with a profusion of pictures and a spare—if adequate—text, is at once a proud history, cruel and tragic.

Mr. La Farge convinces you that many of the tribes were on the verge of civilization when the white man arrived, first to give impetus to this process, then disrupt it, and finally to destroy it. And today, unscrupulous white men, sometimes in unholy alliance with the government, scheme still to strip some tribes of what little is left of their reservations after a century of broken faith.