A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... PRESIDENT JULIUS H. SEELYE ... INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER I. PAGE V CHAPTER II . THE DELAWARES . 32 CHAPTER III . THE CHEYENNES . 66 66 CHAPTER IV . THE NEZ PERCÉS ... 103 THE SIOUX ... CHAPTER V. 136 CHAPTER VI . THE PONCAS .. 186 CHAPTER ...
... PRESIDENT JULIUS H. SEELYE ... INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER I. PAGE V CHAPTER II . THE DELAWARES . 32 CHAPTER III . THE CHEYENNES . 66 66 CHAPTER IV . THE NEZ PERCÉS ... 103 THE SIOUX ... CHAPTER V. 136 CHAPTER VI . THE PONCAS .. 186 CHAPTER ...
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... President Grant a new departure was taken . The peace policy was little more than a name . No change was made in the Indian system ; no rights of property were given ; no laws were passed to protect the Indians . The President did take ...
... President Grant a new departure was taken . The peace policy was little more than a name . No change was made in the Indian system ; no rights of property were given ; no laws were passed to protect the Indians . The President did take ...
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... President Adams , in his Message of 1828 , thus describes the policy of the United States toward the Indians at that time : " At the establishment of the Federal Government the prin- ciple was adopted of considering them as foreign and ...
... President Adams , in his Message of 1828 , thus describes the policy of the United States toward the Indians at that time : " At the establishment of the Federal Government the prin- ciple was adopted of considering them as foreign and ...
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... President Woolsey to - day say , in effect , the same thing which Grotius said in 1615 , and Vattel in 1758 . Says Wheaton : " International law , as understood among civilized nations , may be defined as consisting of those rules of ...
... President Woolsey to - day say , in effect , the same thing which Grotius said in 1615 , and Vattel in 1758 . Says Wheaton : " International law , as understood among civilized nations , may be defined as consisting of those rules of ...
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... President Woolsey says : " A contract is one of the highest acts of human free - will : it is the will binding itself in regard to the future , and surrendering its right to change a certain expressed intention , so that it becomes ...
... President Woolsey says : " A contract is one of the highest acts of human free - will : it is the will binding itself in regard to the future , and surrendering its right to change a certain expressed intention , so that it becomes ...
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agency agent agricultural annuities Aqua Caliente Arapahoes Article bands Cahuilla camp cañon cattle ceded Cherokees Cheyennes chiefs Chivington Christian citizens civilized claim Colorado commissioners Congress corn council cultivation Dakota Delawares Department dians dollars faith farms fifty Fort Lyon friendly friends give Governor grant HELEN JACKSON horses hostile houses hundred hunting Indian Affairs Indian Bureau Indian Territory Indian tribes Interior justice Kansas killed labor living located massacre ment miles Minnesota Mission Indians Missouri Missouri River murder nation Nebraska never Nez Percés Niobrara River occupied Oregon party peace peaceable persons Poncas possession present President promised protection ranch received removal reservation River Sand Creek massacre says Secretary sent settlements severalty Sioux Sitting Bull soldiers Standing Bear subsistence thousand tion told tract treaty United States Government Valley village white settlers Winnebagoes women