A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... Interior . None of these are responsible for the Indian wars , which have cost the United States five hundred millions of dollars and tens of thousands of valua- ble lives . In the olden time the Indian trader was the Indian's friend ...
... Interior . None of these are responsible for the Indian wars , which have cost the United States five hundred millions of dollars and tens of thousands of valua- ble lives . In the olden time the Indian trader was the Indian's friend ...
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... Interior . The book gives , as its title indicates , only a sketch , and not a history . To write in full the history of any one of these Indian commu- nities , of its forced migrations , wars , and miseries , would fill a vol- ume by ...
... Interior . The book gives , as its title indicates , only a sketch , and not a history . To write in full the history of any one of these Indian commu- nities , of its forced migrations , wars , and miseries , would fill a vol- ume by ...
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... interior of the continent , carrying their traffic beyond the Great Salt Lake , and exposing themselves to a thousand perils . " Their agent gives , in his report for this year , a graphic ac- count of an incident such as has only too ...
... interior of the continent , carrying their traffic beyond the Great Salt Lake , and exposing themselves to a thousand perils . " Their agent gives , in his report for this year , a graphic ac- count of an incident such as has only too ...
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... Interior , in whose department they had been deposited for safe - keeping . ( At the same time there were stolen $ 66,735 belonging to the Iowas , and $ 169,686 75 belonging to the confederated bands of Kaskaskias , Peorias ...
... Interior , in whose department they had been deposited for safe - keeping . ( At the same time there were stolen $ 66,735 belonging to the Iowas , and $ 169,686 75 belonging to the confederated bands of Kaskaskias , Peorias ...
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... Interior , in his report for 1849 , says : " The wild tribes of Indians who have their hunting - grounds in the great prairie through which our emigrants to California pass , have , during the year , been more than usually pacific ...
... Interior , in his report for 1849 , says : " The wild tribes of Indians who have their hunting - grounds in the great prairie through which our emigrants to California pass , have , during the year , been more than usually pacific ...
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