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Item # 173722
May 17, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 17, 1873 The front page features a fullp age illustration 'The Spring Campaign - Led as a Lamb to the Slaughter.' A 3/4 page illustration 'The Bank of England Forgeries - Bidwell's Examination.' Nice full page has 2 Indian illustrations: 'Young Bucks on the War Path' and 'Young Bucks Returning With Spoils' shows one holding a scalp. Nice 3/4 page illustration; 'Modocs Scalping and Torturing Prisoners' and 1/3 page 'Modoc War--Soldiers Recovering the Bodies of the Slain'.
Complete in 16 pages and contains additional prints and related text.
Category: 1870-1879