A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... our Red brothers what it has done for other races — give to them homes , manhood and freedom . H. B. WHIPPLE , Bishop of Minnesota . NEW YORK , November 11th , 1880 . INTRODUCTION . THE present number of Indians in the United X PREFACE .
... our Red brothers what it has done for other races — give to them homes , manhood and freedom . H. B. WHIPPLE , Bishop of Minnesota . NEW YORK , November 11th , 1880 . INTRODUCTION . THE present number of Indians in the United X PREFACE .
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... Minnesota thousands of Sioux fami- lies , good and prosperous farmers and mechanics , whose civ- ilization would have dated back to the treaty of Prairie du Chien . In looking through the records of the expenditures of the Indian Bureau ...
... Minnesota thousands of Sioux fami- lies , good and prosperous farmers and mechanics , whose civ- ilization would have dated back to the treaty of Prairie du Chien . In looking through the records of the expenditures of the Indian Bureau ...
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... Minnesota east of the Mississippi were already so occupied by a white population as to seem to render it absolutely necessary to obtain without delay a cession from the Indians on the west side of the river , for the accommodation of ...
... Minnesota east of the Mississippi were already so occupied by a white population as to seem to render it absolutely necessary to obtain without delay a cession from the Indians on the west side of the river , for the accommodation of ...
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... Minnesota only two and a half cents per acre . " Humanity and duty " allied could hardly do more at one stroke than that . 66 We cannot ascribe to the same philanthropy , however , the withholding from 1837 to 1850 the $ 3000 a year ...
... Minnesota only two and a half cents per acre . " Humanity and duty " allied could hardly do more at one stroke than that . 66 We cannot ascribe to the same philanthropy , however , the withholding from 1837 to 1850 the $ 3000 a year ...
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... Minnesota , to $ 50,000 . The governor also thinks better than the United States Government does of the country to be relinquished this year by the Sioux . He says that it will be " settled with great rapidity , possessing as it does ...
... Minnesota , to $ 50,000 . The governor also thinks better than the United States Government does of the country to be relinquished this year by the Sioux . He says that it will be " settled with great rapidity , possessing as it does ...
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