A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... friendly . In 1791 we find the Secretary of War recommending the commissioners sent to treat with the hostile Miamis and Wabash Indians to stop by the way with the friendly Delawares , and take some of their leading chiefs with them as ...
... friendly . In 1791 we find the Secretary of War recommending the commissioners sent to treat with the hostile Miamis and Wabash Indians to stop by the way with the friendly Delawares , and take some of their leading chiefs with them as ...
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... friendly peo- ple to whom , a little more than one hundred years ago , we promised that they should be our brothers forever , and be en- titled to a representation in our Congress . This band of Delawares is associated with six other ...
... friendly peo- ple to whom , a little more than one hundred years ago , we promised that they should be our brothers forever , and be en- titled to a representation in our Congress . This band of Delawares is associated with six other ...
Page 71
... friendly relations with the United States Government , and to enter into some arrangement by which some means of future subsistence , and some certainty of lands enough to live on , could be secured to them . Meantime they hunted with ...
... friendly relations with the United States Government , and to enter into some arrangement by which some means of future subsistence , and some certainty of lands enough to live on , could be secured to them . Meantime they hunted with ...
Page 72
... friendly intentions , both among themselves and with the citizens of the United States lawfully residing among them or passing through the country . " By this treaty the Indians formally conceded to the United States the right to ...
... friendly intentions , both among themselves and with the citizens of the United States lawfully residing among them or passing through the country . " By this treaty the Indians formally conceded to the United States the right to ...
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... friendly intentions for the future , and the mutual confidence and good faith which they had in each other . Invitations were freely given and as freely accepted by each of the tribes to interchange visits , talk , and smoke together ...
... friendly intentions for the future , and the mutual confidence and good faith which they had in each other . Invitations were freely given and as freely accepted by each of the tribes to interchange visits , talk , and smoke together ...
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