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# "The Judge" - December 8, 1883 This page contains a political cartoon titled "Teller's Indian Grocery" satirizing Secretary of the Interior Henry M. Teller's Native American policy. The cartoon depicts a shop scene where various Native American figures (caricatured with exaggerated features) appear distressed or malnourished. A well-dressed merchant (likely representing Teller or the government) stands behind a counter marked "NO TRUST." The caption states: "If we don't nourish these Indians well through the Winter, they won't be able to make war on us in the Spring." The satire critiques the government's inadequate provision of food and resources to Native Americans, suggesting the motivation wasn't humanitarian concern but rather preventing armed resistance. The "grocery" framing implies the government was stingy or unreliable in meeting basic Indigenous needs during harsh winter conditions.