A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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Page 68
... Arapahoes , Cheyennes , and others . In reply to the agent's remonstrances with one of the Sioux chiefs in regard to their perpetual warring with each other , the chief " was very laconic and decided , remarking ' that if their great ...
... Arapahoes , Cheyennes , and others . In reply to the agent's remonstrances with one of the Sioux chiefs in regard to their perpetual warring with each other , the chief " was very laconic and decided , remarking ' that if their great ...
Page 71
... Arapahoes - were ready and anxious to es- tablish friendly relations with the United States Government , and to enter into some arrangement by which some means of future subsistence , and some certainty of lands enough to live on ...
... Arapahoes - were ready and anxious to es- tablish friendly relations with the United States Government , and to enter into some arrangement by which some means of future subsistence , and some certainty of lands enough to live on ...
Page 77
... Arapahoes , and many of the Sioux , are actually in a starving state . They are in abject want of food half the year , and their reliance for that scanty supply , in the rapid decrease of the buffalo , is fast disappear- ing . The ...
... Arapahoes , and many of the Sioux , are actually in a starving state . They are in abject want of food half the year , and their reliance for that scanty supply , in the rapid decrease of the buffalo , is fast disappear- ing . The ...
Page 79
... Arapahoes , and Sioux kept to the provisions of their treaty at all . Nevertheless , the Cheyennes , Arapahoes , and some bands of the Sioux continued peaceable and friendly ; and in 1855 they begged to be supplied with a farmer to ...
... Arapahoes , and Sioux kept to the provisions of their treaty at all . Nevertheless , the Cheyennes , Arapahoes , and some bands of the Sioux continued peaceable and friendly ; and in 1855 they begged to be supplied with a farmer to ...
Page 82
... Arapahoes have no longer any hunting - grounds . Our country has become very small , and be- fore our children are grown up we shall have no game . " In the autumn of this year ( 1859 ) an agent was sent to hold a council with the ...
... Arapahoes have no longer any hunting - grounds . Our country has become very small , and be- fore our children are grown up we shall have no game . " In the autumn of this year ( 1859 ) an agent was sent to hold a council with the ...
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