A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... took with them skilled laborers who should teach the Indians how to labor , and who , by providing them at first with comfortable houses , and clothing , and food , should awaken their desires and evoke their efforts to perpetuate and ...
... took with them skilled laborers who should teach the Indians how to labor , and who , by providing them at first with comfortable houses , and clothing , and food , should awaken their desires and evoke their efforts to perpetuate and ...
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... took possession of the Floridas , the treaties which had been made with the Indian * Worcester vs. State of Georgia , 6 Peters , 515 . tribes before the acquisition of the territory by Spain and 14 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
... took possession of the Floridas , the treaties which had been made with the Indian * Worcester vs. State of Georgia , 6 Peters , 515 . tribes before the acquisition of the territory by Spain and 14 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
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... took two seas to set their bounds . In 1871 , Congress , either ashamed of making treaties only to break them , or grudging the time , money , and paper it wasted , passed an act to the effect that no Indian tribe should hereafter be ...
... took two seas to set their bounds . In 1871 , Congress , either ashamed of making treaties only to break them , or grudging the time , money , and paper it wasted , passed an act to the effect that no Indian tribe should hereafter be ...
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... took the Their lands stretched from the Hudson River to the Potomac . They were a noble - spirited but gentle people ; much under the control of the arrogant and all - powerful Iro- quois , who had put upon them the degradation of being ...
... took the Their lands stretched from the Hudson River to the Potomac . They were a noble - spirited but gentle people ; much under the control of the arrogant and all - powerful Iro- quois , who had put upon them the degradation of being ...
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... took up the hatchet for the United States , and their families , shall be received into the Delaware Nation in the same situation and rank as before the war , and enjoy their due tions of the lands given to the Wyandotte and Delaware ...
... took up the hatchet for the United States , and their families , shall be received into the Delaware Nation in the same situation and rank as before the war , and enjoy their due tions of the lands given to the Wyandotte and Delaware ...
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