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![[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: The typical compound of the Tuppin Inwa (prisoner being tortured)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1OTMvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9ucy1vZi1qb2hhbm5lcy1zdGFkZW5zLWRlc2NyaXB0aW9uLW9mLXRoZS10dXBwaW4taW53YS1pbmRpYW5zLXRoZS02NDAuanBn/320/258/jpg "[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: The typical compound of the Tuppin Inwa (prisoner being tortured)]")
![[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: European prisoners being fried and eaten by the Tuppin Inwa]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1OTMvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9ucy1vZi1qb2hhbm5lcy1zdGFkZW5zLWRlc2NyaXB0aW9uLW9mLXRoZS10dXBwaW4taW53YS1pbmRpYW5zLWV1cm9wZWFuLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: European prisoners being fried and eaten by the Tuppin Inwa]")
![[Captain John, Paiute Indian, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvY2FwdGFpbi1qb2huLXBhaXV0ZS1pbmRpYW4tZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LXJpZ2h0LWJhYTVmNy02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Captain John, Paiute Indian, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]")
![[Bank note illustration showing colonists praying for deliverance from imminent Indian attack]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvYmFuay1ub3RlLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1zaG93aW5nLWNvbG9uaXN0cy1wcmF5aW5nLWZvci1kZWxpdmVyYW5jZS1mcm9tLWltbWluZW50LWQwYTQyMy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Bank note illustration showing colonists praying for deliverance from imminent Indian attack]")
![[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]")
