Judge — August 15, 1885 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine cartoon depicts a grotesque "solution" to American Indian policy through a heavily satirical building labeled with controversial 19th-century approaches to Native Americans. The structure is crowded with caricatured figures and signs referencing policies like "No More West Pointers to Scalp" and "Road Gate Buffering." A menacing Uncle Sam figure (representing U.S. government) appears at left. The cartoon satirizes the federal government's historical treatment of Native Americans—portraying extermination rhetoric and assimilationist policies as absurd architectural schemes. The jagged, chaotic composition and grotesque imagery emphasize the cruelty and dysfunction of these policies, though the satire's exact target remains unclear without publication date context.