Due to pressure from Warner Bros., this cartoon was one of 11 pulled from rotation by the Cartoon Network for its 2001 "June Bugs" marathon, which was to show the complete chronology of Bugs Bunny cartoons. This is in addition to the "Censored 11" that have been withheld from distribution since 1968. The reason given was the short's potentially offensive depiction of Native Americans.
The film recycles the plot and several gags from an earlier short, "Tom Tom Tomcat" (1953). Bugs Bunny replaces Granny in the role of the fort's sole guard, and Yosemite Sam replaces Sylvester in the role of the Indian villain.
This film was the first Bugs Bunny short released in the 1960s.
While dispatching Native American targets, Bugs Bunny sings "Ten Little Indians". He remarks that one of his kills was not an Indian, but a half-breed. The term indicates a mixed-race person.
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