A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... carry Christian influences to any one unless we are Christian . The first step , therefore , toward the de- sired transformation of the Indian is a transformed treatment of him by ourselves . In sober earnest , our Government needs ...
... carry Christian influences to any one unless we are Christian . The first step , therefore , toward the de- sired transformation of the Indian is a transformed treatment of him by ourselves . In sober earnest , our Government needs ...
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... carried out without the consent of the person to whom they are thus de- clared to be " subject . " A title which is pronounced to be subject to " anything or anybody cannot be said to be abso- lute till that subjection is removed . 66 ...
... carried out without the consent of the person to whom they are thus de- clared to be " subject . " A title which is pronounced to be subject to " anything or anybody cannot be said to be abso- lute till that subjection is removed . 66 ...
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... Delaware Nation of the chiefs and headmen who had * See Appendix , Art . X. It is superfluous to say that these provisions were never carried out made that old alliance with us ; they having lost 34 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
... Delaware Nation of the chiefs and headmen who had * See Appendix , Art . X. It is superfluous to say that these provisions were never carried out made that old alliance with us ; they having lost 34 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
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... carrying them over to the side of the United States . Some of his speeches are on rec- ord , and are worthy to be remembered : " If you will go out in this war , " he said to them at one time , when the band were inclined to join the ...
... carrying them over to the side of the United States . Some of his speeches are on rec- ord , and are worthy to be remembered : " If you will go out in this war , " he said to them at one time , when the band were inclined to join the ...
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... carried on with the United States on our parts should be with the general will of the whole confederacy , and carried on in the most open manner , without any restraint on either side ; and especially as landed matters are often the sub ...
... carried on with the United States on our parts should be with the general will of the whole confederacy , and carried on in the most open manner , without any restraint on either side ; and especially as landed matters are often the sub ...
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