A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... territory who has no individual right in the soil . He is not amenable to or protected by law . The ... Indian has had no redress but war . In these wars ten white men were kill . ed to one Indian , and the Indians who were vi PREFACE .
... territory who has no individual right in the soil . He is not amenable to or protected by law . The ... Indian has had no redress but war . In these wars ten white men were kill . ed to one Indian , and the Indians who were vi PREFACE .
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... Indian massacre . After pleading in vain , and finding no re- dress , Secretary Stanton said to a friend , " What ... Territory as a compensation and atonement for one of the darkest crimes ever committed by a Christian nation . That ...
... Indian massacre . After pleading in vain , and finding no re- dress , Secretary Stanton said to a friend , " What ... Territory as a compensation and atonement for one of the darkest crimes ever committed by a Christian nation . That ...
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... territory now occupied by the United States , if not then a howling wilderness , was largely an unpeopled solitude . The roaming wild men who met the new discoverers were , however , numerous enough to make the Indian problem at the ...
... territory now occupied by the United States , if not then a howling wilderness , was largely an unpeopled solitude . The roaming wild men who met the new discoverers were , however , numerous enough to make the Indian problem at the ...
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... Indian is a transformed treatment of him by ourselves . In sober earnest , our Government needs , first of all , to be Christian , and to treat the Indian question as ... Indian Territory . It is not wise statesmanship INTRODUCTION .
... Indian is a transformed treatment of him by ourselves . In sober earnest , our Government needs , first of all , to be Christian , and to treat the Indian question as ... Indian Territory . It is not wise statesmanship INTRODUCTION .
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... Indian tribes now own cer- tain Indian reservations and the Indian Territory , and this right of property ought to be most sacredly guarded . But it does not , therefore , follow that these Indians , in their present state , ought to ...
... Indian tribes now own cer- tain Indian reservations and the Indian Territory , and this right of property ought to be most sacredly guarded . But it does not , therefore , follow that these Indians , in their present state , ought to ...
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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