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... LETTER FROM SARAH WINNEMUCCA , AN EDUCATED PAH - UTE WOMAN ... 395 VIII . LAWS OF THE DELAWARE NATION OF INDIANS .. 396 IX ACCOUNT OF THE CHEROKEE WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE AL- PHABET ...... 404 X. PRICES PAID BY WHITE MEN FOR SCALPS ...
... LETTER FROM SARAH WINNEMUCCA , AN EDUCATED PAH - UTE WOMAN ... 395 VIII . LAWS OF THE DELAWARE NATION OF INDIANS .. 396 IX ACCOUNT OF THE CHEROKEE WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE AL- PHABET ...... 404 X. PRICES PAID BY WHITE MEN FOR SCALPS ...
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... letter , and whether , in order to give the Indian his real rights , it may not be necessary to set aside preroga- tives to which he might technically and formally lay claim . If the Indian Territory and the Indian reservations have ...
... letter , and whether , in order to give the Indian his real rights , it may not be necessary to set aside preroga- tives to which he might technically and formally lay claim . If the Indian Territory and the Indian reservations have ...
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... letters . " Kent says : " The European nations which , respectively , es- tablished colonies in America , assumed the ultimate dominion to be in themselves , and claimed the exclusive right to grant a title to the soil , subject only to ...
... letters . " Kent says : " The European nations which , respectively , es- tablished colonies in America , assumed the ultimate dominion to be in themselves , and claimed the exclusive right to grant a title to the soil , subject only to ...
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... letter of General Wayne's to the Secretary of War , in August , 1794 , contains a paragraph which is interesting , as showing the habits and method of life of the people whom we at this time , by force of arms , drove out from their ...
... letter of General Wayne's to the Secretary of War , in August , 1794 , contains a paragraph which is interesting , as showing the habits and method of life of the people whom we at this time , by force of arms , drove out from their ...
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... letter laws in regard to Indians . It is impossible to imagine an Indian who had served four years as an officer in the army ( for the Delawares officered their own companies ) submitting to be disarmed by an agent on any day when he ...
... letter laws in regard to Indians . It is impossible to imagine an Indian who had served four years as an officer in the army ( for the Delawares officered their own companies ) submitting to be disarmed by an agent on any day when he ...
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