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Anglo-American satire.- Seminole Indians in Florida.- Cruikshank (George, 1792-1878) American Justice!! or the ferocious yankee genl Jack's reward for butchering two british subjects!!!, etching with original hand-colouring on cream wove paper, platemark 255 x 355 mm. (10 x 14 in), sheet 295 x 480 mm. (11 1/2 x 18 7/8 in), marginal nicks and tears, some handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, published by J. Sidebotham, 1819 Literature: BM Satires 13218 ⁂ Scarce satire with President Monroe presenting a document to General Jackson that reads 'The Government of the Floridas', with the President saying: "There's your Reward! Where e'er you catch the English String 'em up like Herrings!" In 1818 Jackson was sent to attack the Seminole Indians from Florida who were making trouble on the frontier, and in the process hanged two British subjects, Robert Christian Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot, who had been exercising hostile influence with the Indians.