A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... settlers have had too much at stake to excite an Indian massacre , which ... settlement of the country . The isolated settlements along the Atlantic coast ... white men were kill . ed to one Indian , and the Indians who were vi PREFACE .
... settlers have had too much at stake to excite an Indian massacre , which ... settlement of the country . The isolated settlements along the Atlantic coast ... white men were kill . ed to one Indian , and the Indians who were vi PREFACE .
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... white persons going over the said boundaries without a license from the proper officers of the United States may be ... settlers were as ignorant of these provisions in Indian treaties as are the greater number of American citizens to ...
... white persons going over the said boundaries without a license from the proper officers of the United States may be ... settlers were as ignorant of these provisions in Indian treaties as are the greater number of American citizens to ...
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... white settlers to induce them to move away . They say : 66 ' Money to us is of no value , and to most of us unknown ; and as no consideration whatever can induce us to sell the lands on which we get sustenance for our women and children ...
... white settlers to induce them to move away . They say : 66 ' Money to us is of no value , and to most of us unknown ; and as no consideration whatever can induce us to sell the lands on which we get sustenance for our women and children ...
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... be quite clear that so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose should be prompt- ly applied to the fulfilment of our treaty obligations . " In 1854 the influx of white settlers into Kansas was 54 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
... be quite clear that so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose should be prompt- ly applied to the fulfilment of our treaty obligations . " In 1854 the influx of white settlers into Kansas was 54 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
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... white settlers into Kansas was so great , it became evident that the Indian reservations there could not be kept ... white settlers . 66 In the following year their agent writes thus of the results which have followed the opening of this ...
... white settlers into Kansas was so great , it became evident that the Indian reservations there could not be kept ... white settlers . 66 In the following year their agent writes thus of the results which have followed the opening of this ...
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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