A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... influences to degrade the savage , and sink him to a depth his fathers had never known . It has only needed a real or a ... influence on the side of labor , it was a success . More has been done to civilize the Indians in the past twelve ...
... influences to degrade the savage , and sink him to a depth his fathers had never known . It has only needed a real or a ... influence on the side of labor , it was a success . More has been done to civilize the Indians in the past twelve ...
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... influences taught him his in- ner need , and how this could be supplied , that he was led to wish and work for the improvement of his outer condition and habits of life . The same is true everywhere . Civilization INTRODUCTION .
... influences taught him his in- ner need , and how this could be supplied , that he was led to wish and work for the improvement of his outer condition and habits of life . The same is true everywhere . Civilization INTRODUCTION .
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... 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 , first of all , to ...
... 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 , first of all , to ...
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... influence . Neither nation was high - minded enough to scorn availing herself of savage allies to do bloody work which she would not have dared to risk national reputation by doing her- self . This fact is too much overlooked in the ...
... influence . Neither nation was high - minded enough to scorn availing herself of savage allies to do bloody work which she would not have dared to risk national reputation by doing her- self . This fact is too much overlooked in the ...
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... influence are dan- gerous and troublesome . " There were at this time nearly forty- six thousand of these Upper Missouri Indians . Five bands of them " the Sioux , Cheyennes , Gros Ventres , Mandans , and Pon- -were " excellent Indians ...
... influence are dan- gerous and troublesome . " There were at this time nearly forty- six thousand of these Upper Missouri Indians . Five bands of them " the Sioux , Cheyennes , Gros Ventres , Mandans , and Pon- -were " excellent Indians ...
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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