A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... 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 SITTING BULL , IN CANADA .... 386 VI . ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE OLD GRIEVANCES ...
... 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 SITTING BULL , IN CANADA .... 386 VI . ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE OLD GRIEVANCES ...
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... Indians , who outnumbered them ten to one , to accept the position of wards . No wise policy was adopted , with altered circumstances , to train the Indians for citizenship . Trea- ties were ... Indian , and the Indians who were vi PREFACE .
... Indians , who outnumbered them ten to one , to accept the position of wards . No wise policy was adopted , with altered circumstances , to train the Indians for citizenship . Trea- ties were ... Indian , and the Indians who were vi PREFACE .
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... Indian massacre . All this while Canada has had no Indian wars . Our Govern- ment has expended for the Indians a hundred dollars to their one . They recognize , as we do , that the Indian has a possessory right to the soil . They ...
... Indian massacre . All this while Canada has had no Indian wars . Our Govern- ment has expended for the Indians a hundred dollars to their one . They recognize , as we do , that the Indian has a possessory right to the soil . They ...
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... Indians often say , " You leave us to suffer ; if we killed your people , then you would take care of us . " Our Indian wars have not come wholly from violated faith . In time of peace it has been our policy to establish " almshouses ...
... Indians often say , " You leave us to suffer ; if we killed your people , then you would take care of us . " Our Indian wars have not come wholly from violated faith . In time of peace it has been our policy to establish " almshouses ...
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... Indians their lands , according to the right of property with which they possessed them , were adopted by the United States , who thus became the protectors of all the rights they ( the Indians ) had previously enjoyed , or could of ...
... Indians their lands , according to the right of property with which they possessed them , were adopted by the United States , who thus became the protectors of all the rights they ( the Indians ) had previously enjoyed , or could of ...
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