A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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Page viii
... passed to protect the Indians . The President did take the nomination of Indian agents from politi- cians , who had made the office a reward for political service . He gave the nomination of Indian agents to the executive committees of ...
... passed to protect the Indians . The President did take the nomination of Indian agents from politi- cians , who had made the office a reward for political service . He gave the nomination of Indian agents to the executive committees of ...
Page 11
... passed defi- nitely to these States . We had before taken possession of them by declaring independence , but neither the declaration of independence nor the treaty confirming it could give us more than that which we before possessed ...
... passed defi- nitely to these States . We had before taken possession of them by declaring independence , but neither the declaration of independence nor the treaty confirming it could give us more than that which we before possessed ...
Page 27
... passed an act to the effect that no Indian tribe should hereafter be considered as a foreign nation with whom the United States might contract by treaty . There seems to have been at the time , in the minds of the men who passed this ...
... passed an act to the effect that no Indian tribe should hereafter be considered as a foreign nation with whom the United States might contract by treaty . There seems to have been at the time , in the minds of the men who passed this ...
Page 69
... passed by Congress forbidding the intro- duction of whiskey into the Indian country , and even the par- tial enforcement of this law had a most happy effect . Fore- most among those to acknowledge the benefits of it were the traders ...
... passed by Congress forbidding the intro- duction of whiskey into the Indian country , and even the par- tial enforcement of this law had a most happy effect . Fore- most among those to acknowledge the benefits of it were the traders ...
Page 70
... for the damages these Indians sustain in conse- quence of the destruction of their game , timber , etc. , by the whites passing through their country . " " Their game , timber , " " their country 70 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
... for the damages these Indians sustain in conse- quence of the destruction of their game , timber , etc. , by the whites passing through their country . " " Their game , timber , " " their country 70 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
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