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... Secretary Stanton said to a friend , “ What does the Bishop want ? If he came here to tell us that our Indian system is a sink of iniquity , tell him we all know it . Tell him the United States never cures a wrong until the people ...
... Secretary Stanton said to a friend , “ What does the Bishop want ? If he came here to tell us that our Indian system is a sink of iniquity , tell him we all know it . Tell him the United States never cures a wrong until the people ...
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... Secretary of War recommending the commissioners sent to treat with the hostile Miamis and Wabash Indians to stop by the way with the friendly Delawares , and take some of their leading chiefs with them as allies . He says , " these ...
... Secretary of War recommending the commissioners sent to treat with the hostile Miamis and Wabash Indians to stop by the way with the friendly Delawares , and take some of their leading chiefs with them as allies . He says , " these ...
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... Secretary of War , " The safety of the West- ern frontiers , the reputation of the legion , the dignity and in terest of the nation - all forbid a retrograde manœuvre , or giv- ing up one inch of ground we now possess , till the enemy ...
... Secretary of War , " The safety of the West- ern frontiers , the reputation of the legion , the dignity and in terest of the nation - all forbid a retrograde manœuvre , or giv- ing up one inch of ground we now possess , till the enemy ...
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... Secretary he has ordered Captain Wells to purchase , and present to the chief , The Turtle , and to draw on the United States Treasury for the amount paid for him . Four years later ( 1809 ) General Harrison is instructed by the ...
... Secretary he has ordered Captain Wells to purchase , and present to the chief , The Turtle , and to draw on the United States Treasury for the amount paid for him . Four years later ( 1809 ) General Harrison is instructed by the ...
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... Secretary of War congratulated the country on the fact that " the country north of the Ohio , east of the Mis- sissippi , including the States of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , and the Territory of Michigan as far as the Fox and Wisconsin ...
... Secretary of War congratulated the country on the fact that " the country north of the Ohio , east of the Mis- sissippi , including the States of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , and the Territory of Michigan as far as the Fox and Wisconsin ...
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