A Newspaper Satire of Cooper and Contemporaries: "Lo! The Poor Indian".

The article focuses on the controversy surrounding James Fenimore Cooper's portrayal of Native Americans in his Leather-Stocking Tales, examining critiques from his contemporaries and later authors like Mark Twain. Topics include the objections to Cooper's romanticized depiction of Native Americans as noble savages, the response from rival authors like Robert Montgomery Bird and Charles Fenno Hoffman, and the enduring criticism of Cooper's portrayal even into the late 19th century.