Punch,  43 (1862), 138.

The Savages in the Back Settlements

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Race, Human Development, Medical Practitioners


    Discusses news of a fight between the 'Kerry Indians' and 'Tipperary Indians' who had settled in the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn Lane. Adds that the police, who intervened in the conflict, were injured. Questions why the 'Fathers' of the tribe, 'spiritual medicine-men', could allow this to happen.



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