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... acres , and embraces some of the finest lands in the Western country . " Cheap at one thousand dollars a year ! -even with the negro man thrown in , which General Harrison tells the Secretary he has ordered Captain Wells to purchase ...
... acres , and embraces some of the finest lands in the Western country . " Cheap at one thousand dollars a year ! -even with the negro man thrown in , which General Harrison tells the Secretary he has ordered Captain Wells to purchase ...
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... acres of land in grain and vegetables , and raising a great many hogs , cattle , and horses . " They are a brave , enterprising people , " and " at peace with all neighboring Indians . " Parties of them frequently make excursions into ...
... acres of land in grain and vegetables , and raising a great many hogs , cattle , and horses . " They are a brave , enterprising people , " and " at peace with all neighboring Indians . " Parties of them frequently make excursions into ...
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... bonds of said railroad for that amount , and a mortgage on one hundred thousand acres of the land which the Indians had sold to the railway company . There was another very curious bit of legislation in regard 56 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
... bonds of said railroad for that amount , and a mortgage on one hundred thousand acres of the land which the Indians had sold to the railway company . There was another very curious bit of legislation in regard 56 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
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... acres of land in cultivation , with comfortable dwellings , barns , and out- houses . *** All the families are domiciled in houses . * * * Their crops of corn will yield largely . Nearly every family will have a sufficiency for their ...
... acres of land in cultivation , with comfortable dwellings , barns , and out- houses . *** All the families are domiciled in houses . * * * Their crops of corn will yield largely . Nearly every family will have a sufficiency for their ...
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... acres of land , nearly all the children in schools , and yet it is for their " interest to be moved ! " The last sentence of the following paragraph tells the story : 66 When peace is restored to our country , a removal of all the ...
... acres of land , nearly all the children in schools , and yet it is for their " interest to be moved ! " The last sentence of the following paragraph tells the story : 66 When peace is restored to our country , a removal of all the ...
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