A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... NATION OF INDIANS .. 396 IX ACCOUNT OF THE CHEROKEE WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE AL- PHABET ... . . . . 404 X. PRICES PAID BY WHITE MEN FOR SCALPS .... 405 XI . EXTRACT FROM TREATY WITH CHEYENNES IN 1865 .. 406 XII . WOOD - CUTTING BY ...
... NATION OF INDIANS .. 396 IX ACCOUNT OF THE CHEROKEE WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE AL- PHABET ... . . . . 404 X. PRICES PAID BY WHITE MEN FOR SCALPS .... 405 XI . EXTRACT FROM TREATY WITH CHEYENNES IN 1865 .. 406 XII . WOOD - CUTTING BY ...
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... Nations , like individuals , reap exactly what they sow ; they who sow robbery reap robbery . The seed - sowing of iniquity re- plies in a harvest of blood . The American people have accepted as truth the teaching that the Indians were ...
... Nations , like individuals , reap exactly what they sow ; they who sow robbery reap robbery . The seed - sowing of iniquity re- plies in a harvest of blood . The American people have accepted as truth the teaching that the Indians were ...
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... nation have a tradition that lying is a disgrace , and that theft forfeits charac- ter . General Crook expressed the ... nation's treasury . Pledges , solemnly made , have been shamelessly violated . The Indian has had no redress but war ...
... nation have a tradition that lying is a disgrace , and that theft forfeits charac- ter . General Crook expressed the ... nation's treasury . Pledges , solemnly made , have been shamelessly violated . The Indian has had no redress but war ...
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... nation . That territory was conveyed to them by leg- islation as strong as the wit of statesmen could devise . The fa- thers who conveyed this territory to the Cherokees are dead . Greedy eyes covet the land . The plans are laid to ...
... nation . That territory was conveyed to them by leg- islation as strong as the wit of statesmen could devise . The fa- thers who conveyed this territory to the Cherokees are dead . Greedy eyes covet the land . The plans are laid to ...
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... nation . In order to be a nation , there must be a people with a code of laws which they practise , and a government which they maintain . No vague sense of some unwritten law , to which human nature , in its lowest stages , doubtless ...
... nation . In order to be a nation , there must be a people with a code of laws which they practise , and a government which they maintain . No vague sense of some unwritten law , to which human nature , in its lowest stages , doubtless ...
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