A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... CREEK MASSACRE . 343 II . THE PONCA CASE .... 359 III . TESTIMONIES TO INDIAN CHARACTER ... 374 IV . OUTRAGES COMMITTED ON INDIANS BY WHITES ... 381 V. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SENT TO TREAT WITH THE SIOUX CHIEF ...
... CREEK MASSACRE . 343 II . THE PONCA CASE .... 359 III . TESTIMONIES TO INDIAN CHARACTER ... 374 IV . OUTRAGES COMMITTED ON INDIANS BY WHITES ... 381 V. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SENT TO TREAT WITH THE SIOUX CHIEF ...
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... Creek . " In less than a year we made still another treaty with them for the extinguishment of their title to a tract of land between the Ohio and the Wabash rivers ( which they sold to us for a ten years ' annuity of three hundred ...
... Creek . " In less than a year we made still another treaty with them for the extinguishment of their title to a tract of land between the Ohio and the Wabash rivers ( which they sold to us for a ten years ' annuity of three hundred ...
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... Creek , thirty - five or forty miles west of Council Grove . One evening , while resting , the young man was killed by these men ; and the squaw was also supposed by these wretches to be dead , having had her throat cut badly and her ...
... Creek , thirty - five or forty miles west of Council Grove . One evening , while resting , the young man was killed by these men ; and the squaw was also supposed by these wretches to be dead , having had her throat cut badly and her ...
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... Creek will probably have died before its effects will have dis- appeared . " * In October of the next year some of the bands , having first had their safety assured by an old and tried friend , I. H. Leav- enworth , Indian Agent for the ...
... Creek will probably have died before its effects will have dis- appeared . " * In October of the next year some of the bands , having first had their safety assured by an old and tried friend , I. H. Leav- enworth , Indian Agent for the ...
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... Creek mas- sacre full value for all the property then destroyed ; " to make reparation , " so far as possible . To each woman who had lost a husband there they gave one hundred and sixty acres of land ; to each child who had lost a ...
... Creek mas- sacre full value for all the property then destroyed ; " to make reparation , " so far as possible . To each woman who had lost a husband there they gave one hundred and sixty acres of land ; to each child who had lost a ...
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