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Statue of a Virginia frontiersman on a monument at Point Pleaasant Battle Monument State Park, called Tu-Endie-Wei Park locally, in Point Pleasant, a city on the Ohio River in West Virginia

Statue of a Virginia frontiersman on a monument at Point Pleaasant Bat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The monument recalls the Battle of Point Pleasant, the most significant event of "Lord Dunmore's War," fought at the confluence of the... More

Congress urged to remove tomahawk-swinging Indian statue from steps of Capitol. Washington, D.C., April 27. If Rep. Usher Burdick, Republican of North Dakota has his way, the 87 year old statue standing on the steps of the Capitol which depicts a frontiersman rescuing a white woman from a possible redskin tomahawking will 'be ground into the dust and scattered to the four winds.' Introducing a resolution in the House to that effect, the legislator said, ' the American Indian was no worse than some of our own ancestors, and there is no more reason to memorialize his misdeeds than there would be to set up a monument to the witch burners of Salem'

Congress urged to remove tomahawk-swinging Indian statue from steps of...

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a statue. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description