Having asked that, I perhaps should go read this recent book --

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/747066

Reviewed by: Beverly Lyon Clark
*Mark Twain among the Indians and Other Indigenous People.*
By Kerry Driscoll. Oakland: University of California Press, 2018. ix + 420
pp. Figures, notes, bibliography, index. $95.00, cloth

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 1:20 PM Dave Davis <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> He clearly wrote and published some highly negative comments. Did he ever
> praise an Indigenous American, whether a fictional character or a real-life
> person?
>
> As we all know -- He was active and in the public eye in June, 1876
> (Battle of the Little Big Horn) and in December, 1890 (Wounded Knee
> Massacre). 'Wild West' shows were common before 1905. Certainly, once he
> returned to residency in the US (during 1901) and was consulted by
> reporters for his view on anything and everything. His anti-imperialist
> stance -- perhaps the connection could be drawn -- was public from 1898 on,
> I believe.
>
> DDD
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 12:57 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I recently queried about a note I found in "Heretical Fictions" on his
>> apparent sympathy for "Indians" in his later decades.  I received a
>> reference to a  masters Thesis from 1984 that argues he never actually
>> hated Indians, he was only using them as a rhetorical device to
>> criticize Western Civilization.  My opinion is that the vehemence of his
>> comments belie this idea.  I posted a short essay on this on my personal
>> website for those interested. https://bscottholmes.com/node/1909
>>
>> --
>> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/
>>
>