A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States of America for removing all causes of con- troversy , regulating trade ... commissioners sent to treat with the hostile Miamis and Wabash Indians to stop by the way with the friendly ...
... commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States of America for removing all causes of con- troversy , regulating trade ... commissioners sent to treat with the hostile Miamis and Wabash Indians to stop by the way with the friendly ...
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... commissioners of the United States , for one last ef- fort to settle the vexed boundary question . The records of this council are profoundly touching . The Indians reitera- ted over and over the provisions of the old treaties which had ...
... commissioners of the United States , for one last ef- fort to settle the vexed boundary question . The records of this council are profoundly touching . The Indians reitera- ted over and over the provisions of the old treaties which had ...
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... commissioners that all the money which the United States offers to pay to them for their lands shall be given to the 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 ...
... commissioners that all the money which the United States offers to pay to them for their lands shall be given to the 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 ...
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... commissioners replied that to make the Ohio River the boundary was now impossible ; that they sincerely regretted that peace could not be made ; but , " knowing the upright and liberal views of the United States , " they trust that ...
... commissioners replied that to make the Ohio River the boundary was now impossible ; that they sincerely regretted that peace could not be made ; but , " knowing the upright and liberal views of the United States , " they trust that ...
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... commissioners were appointed , with great discretionary powers ; and a treaty was concluded early in the autumn , by which there was ceded to the United States nearly all the land to which the Indians had claim in Ohio , a part of ...
... commissioners were appointed , with great discretionary powers ; and a treaty was concluded early in the autumn , by which there was ceded to the United States nearly all the land to which the Indians had claim in Ohio , a part of ...
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