Carl Schurz (1829-1906) was born in Cologne, Germany.  He participated in
the revolutionary uprisings of 1848-49 and left his country when the
movement collapsed.  Schurz emigrated to the United States, and soon
became a prominent public speaker.  In 1877 , he was appointed Secretary
of the Interior by President Rutherford Hayes.  Schurz vowed to rid the
department of corruption, as depicted in his cartoon.  Schurz continued
the policy of sending Native American tribes to Indian Territory, the area
set aside for them in what today is Oklahoma.  When he realized that his
policy was actually devastating to some Indian groups, especially to those
not accustomed to settled reservation life, Schurz promoted the allotment
of individual land parcels, to encourage Indian families to support
themselves as farmers.  As part of this plan, he helped established the
Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879.