Cartoon and Cutline on Indian Support
for the Confederacy

"I am happy to inform you that, in spite both of blandishments and threats, used in profusion by the agents of the government of the United States, the Indian nations within the confederacy have remained firm in their loyalty and steadfast in the observance of their treaty engagements with this government."

(The above extract from Jeff Davis's last Message will serve to explain the News from Minnesota.)