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... III . THE CHEYENNES .. 66 CHAPTER IV . THE NEZ PERCÉS .. 103 THE SIOUX .... CHAPTER V. 136 CHAPTER VI . THE PONCAS .. 186 CHAPTER VII . THE WINNEBAGOES , 218 CHAPTER VIII . THE CHEROKEES .. 257 CHAPTER IX . PAGE 298 298 317 324 MASSACRES ...
... III . THE CHEYENNES .. 66 CHAPTER IV . THE NEZ PERCÉS .. 103 THE SIOUX .... CHAPTER V. 136 CHAPTER VI . THE PONCAS .. 186 CHAPTER VII . THE WINNEBAGOES , 218 CHAPTER VIII . THE CHEROKEES .. 257 CHAPTER IX . PAGE 298 298 317 324 MASSACRES ...
Page 67
... Poncas ' reports that " all these Indians live exclusively by the chase ; " and that seems to be the sum and substance of his information about them . He adds , also , that these remote wandering tribes have a great fear of the border ...
... Poncas ' reports that " all these Indians live exclusively by the chase ; " and that seems to be the sum and substance of his information about them . He adds , also , that these remote wandering tribes have a great fear of the border ...
Page 82
... Poncas , Omahas , and Pawnees . On the South Platte the white people are finding gold , and the Cheyennes and Arapahoes have no longer any hunting - grounds . Our country has become very small , and be- fore our children are grown up we ...
... Poncas , Omahas , and Pawnees . On the South Platte the white people are finding gold , and the Cheyennes and Arapahoes have no longer any hunting - grounds . Our country has become very small , and be- fore our children are grown up we ...
Page 181
... Ponca Reserve was decided on , where the agency buildings , storehouses , one hun- dred and fifty Indian houses , and five hundred acres of culti- vated fields , left vacant by the Poncas , offer special advantages for present quarters ...
... Ponca Reserve was decided on , where the agency buildings , storehouses , one hun- dred and fifty Indian houses , and five hundred acres of culti- vated fields , left vacant by the Poncas , offer special advantages for present quarters ...
Page 186
... named Shoo - de - ga - cha ( Smoke ) , and his young and pretty wife , Hee - la'h - dee ( the Pure Fountain ) , whose portraits he painted . He says : " The chief , who was wrapped 186 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR . CHAPTER VI THE PONCAS.
... named Shoo - de - ga - cha ( Smoke ) , and his young and pretty wife , Hee - la'h - dee ( the Pure Fountain ) , whose portraits he painted . He says : " The chief , who was wrapped 186 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR . CHAPTER VI THE PONCAS.
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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