A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... Congress has failed to make the appropriations . If its agents are not men of the highest character , it is largely due to the fact that we send a man to execute this difficult trust at a remote agency , and expect him to support ...
... Congress has failed to make the appropriations . If its agents are not men of the highest character , it is largely due to the fact that we send a man to execute this difficult trust at a remote agency , and expect him to support ...
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... Congress can be held re- sponsible for the acts of the Congress preceding it , or can bind the Congress following it ; or , in other words , that each Con- gress may , if it chooses , undo all that has been done by previ- ous Congresses ...
... Congress can be held re- sponsible for the acts of the Congress preceding it , or can bind the Congress following it ; or , in other words , that each Con- gress may , if it chooses , undo all that has been done by previ- ous Congresses ...
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... 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 considered as a foreign nation with whom the ...
... 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 considered as a foreign nation with whom the ...
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... Congress before taking effect ; and were understood by the Indians agreeing to them to be as binding as if they had been called treaties . The fact that no man's sense of justice openly revolted against such subterfuges , under the name ...
... Congress before taking effect ; and were understood by the Indians agreeing to them to be as binding as if they had been called treaties . The fact that no man's sense of justice openly revolted against such subterfuges , under the name ...
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... Congress will do . It has been - to our shame be it spoken - at the demand of part of the people that all these wrongs have been committed , these treaties bro- ken , these robberies done , by the Government . So long as there remains ...
... Congress will do . It has been - to our shame be it spoken - at the demand of part of the people that all these wrongs have been committed , these treaties bro- ken , these robberies done , by the Government . So long as there remains ...
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