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![[Bank note illustration showing colonists praying for deliverance from imminent Indian attack]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvYmFuay1ub3RlLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1zaG93aW5nLWNvbG9uaXN0cy1wcmF5aW5nLWZvci1kZWxpdmVyYW5jZS1mcm9tLWltbWluZW50LWQwYTQyMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/251/jpg "[Bank note illustration showing colonists praying for deliverance from imminent Indian attack]")
![The two vultures [caricature showing Modoc Indian about to scalp soldier as a vulture waits]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDkvdGhlLXR3by12dWx0dXJlcy1jYXJpY2F0dXJlLXNob3dpbmctbW9kb2MtaW5kaWFuLWFib3V0LXRvLXNjYWxwLXNvbGRpZXItYXMtNjI4OWE1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "The two vultures [caricature showing Modoc Indian about to scalp soldier as a vulture waits]")
![[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a religious relic]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1ODkvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFuY2llbnQtZmFibGUtb2YtbWVuLXdvcnNoaXBwaW5nLWFuLWFzcy1iZWFyaW5nLWEtcmVsaWdpb3VzLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a religious relic]")
![[Resolution des Indiens, & leur fortir de l'étang]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvcmVzb2x1dGlvbi1kZXMtaW5kaWVucy1hbmQtbGV1ci1mb3J0aXItZGUtbGV0YW5nLWY3MDA5Ny02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Resolution des Indiens, & leur fortir de l'étang]")
![[White man demonstrating firearms to Indians]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvd2hpdGUtbWFuLWRlbW9uc3RyYXRpbmctZmlyZWFybXMtdG8taW5kaWFucy02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[White man demonstrating firearms to Indians]")
![[Design drawing showing Come Unto Me with Open-armed Christ in style of "England during the Colonial times"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctc2hvd2luZy1jb21lLXVudG8tbWUtd2l0aC1vcGVuLWFybWVkLWNocmlzdC1pbi1zdHlsZS1vZi1lbmdsYW5kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[Design drawing showing Come Unto Me with Open-armed Christ in style of \"England during the Colonial times\"]")
![[Man reasoning with Indians about to burn a bound captive]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXJlYXNvbmluZy13aXRoLWluZGlhbnMtYWJvdXQtdG8tYnVybi1hLWJvdW5kLWNhcHRpdmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Man reasoning with Indians about to burn a bound captive]")
