William Charles

United States propaganda before and during the War of 1812 focused on Britain’s military alliances with frontier tribes and its alleged involvement in atrocities, a constant theme since the Declaration of Independence that was transferred into Northern propaganda against the Confederacy in the early years of the American Civil War. Similar atrocities by American frontiersman against noncombatant Indians were ignored. A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the humane British and their worthy allies! 

William Charles (1776-1820), [United States : s.n.], 1812. Print on wove paper: etching with watercolor. Image courtesy Library of Congress