A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... CREEK MASSACRE . II . THE PONCA CASE . III . TESTIMONIES TO INDIAN CHARACTER .. 343 359 374 IV . OUTRAGES COMMITTED ON INDIANS BY WHITES . 381 V. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SENT TO TREAT WITH THE SIOUX CHIEF SITTING BULL ...
... CREEK MASSACRE . II . THE PONCA CASE . III . TESTIMONIES TO INDIAN CHARACTER .. 343 359 374 IV . OUTRAGES COMMITTED ON INDIANS BY WHITES . 381 V. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SENT TO TREAT WITH THE SIOUX CHIEF SITTING BULL ...
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... Creek . " In less than a year we made still another treaty with them for the extinguishment of their title to a tract of land between the Ohio and the Wabash rivers ( which they sold to us for a ten years ' annuity of three hundred ...
... Creek . " In less than a year we made still another treaty with them for the extinguishment of their title to a tract of land between the Ohio and the Wabash rivers ( which they sold to us for a ten years ' annuity of three hundred ...
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... Creek , thirty - five or forty miles west of Council Grove . One evening , while resting , the young man was killed by these men ; and the squaw was also supposed by these wretches to be dead , having had her throat cut badly and her ...
... Creek , thirty - five or forty miles west of Council Grove . One evening , while resting , the young man was killed by these men ; and the squaw was also supposed by these wretches to be dead , having had her throat cut badly and her ...
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... Creek will probably have died before its effects will have dis- appeared . " * In October of the next year some of the bands , having first had their safety assured by an old and tried friend , I. H. Leav- enworth , Indian Agent for the ...
... Creek will probably have died before its effects will have dis- appeared . " * In October of the next year some of the bands , having first had their safety assured by an old and tried friend , I. H. Leav- enworth , Indian Agent for the ...
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... Creek mas- sacre full value for all the property then destroyed ; “ to make reparation , " so far as possible . To each woman who had lost a husband there they gave one hundred and sixty acres of land ; to each child who had lost a ...
... Creek mas- sacre full value for all the property then destroyed ; “ to make reparation , " so far as possible . To each woman who had lost a husband there they gave one hundred and sixty acres of land ; to each child who had lost a ...
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Page 16 - In the establishment of these relations the rights of the original inhabitants were, in no instance, entirely disregarded, but were necessarily, to a considerable extent, impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion...
Page 13 - The title by conquest is acquired and maintained by force. The conqueror prescribes its limits. Humanity, however, acting on public opinion, has established, as a general rule, that the conquered shall not be wantonly oppressed, and that their condition shall remain as eligible as is compatible with the objects of the conquest.
Page 42 - We desire you to consider, brothers, that our only demand is the peaceable possession of a small part of our once great country. Look back, and review the lands from whence we have been driven to this spot. We can retreat no farther, because the country behind hardly affords food for its present inhabitants; and we have, therefore, resolved to leave our bones in this small space to which we are now confined.
Page 20 - A dwarf is as much a man as a giant; a small republic is no less a sovereign state than the most powerful kingdom.
Page 14 - nation,' so generally applied to them, means ' a people distinct from others.' The Constitution, by declaring treaties already made, as well as those to be made, to be the supreme law of the land, has adopted and sanctioned the previous treaties with the Indian nations, and consequently admits their rank among those powers who are capable of making treaties. The words 'treaty
Page 13 - When the conquest is complete, and the conquered inhabitants can be blended with the conquerors, or safely governed as a distinct people, public opinion, which not even the conqueror can disregard, imposes these restraints upon him; and he cannot neglect them without injury to his fame and hazard to his power.
Page 280 - States whereby the difficulties they have experienced by a residence within the settled parts of the United States under the jurisdiction and laws of the State Governments may be terminated and adjusted ; and with a view to reuniting their people in one body and securing a permanent home for themselves and their posterity in the country selected by their forefathers without the territorial limits of the State sovereignties, and where they can establish and enjoy a government of their choice and perpetuate...
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The Indigenous Voice in World Politics: Since Time Immemorial Franke Wilmer No preview available - 1993 |