A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... living as Christian , civilized men . There was a time when it seemed impossible to secure the attention of the Government to any wrongs done to the Indians : it is not so to - day . The Gov- ernment does listen to the friends of the ...
... living as Christian , civilized men . There was a time when it seemed impossible to secure the attention of the Government to any wrongs done to the Indians : it is not so to - day . The Gov- ernment does listen to the friends of the ...
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... living by hunting and plunder , is a nation . In order to be a nation , there must be a people with a code of laws which they practise , and a government which they maintain . No vague sense of some unwritten law , to which human nature ...
... living by hunting and plunder , is a nation . In order to be a nation , there must be a people with a code of laws which they practise , and a government which they maintain . No vague sense of some unwritten law , to which human nature ...
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... living when the conti- nent of North America was discovered ? Between the theory of some sentimentalists that the Indians were the real owners of the soil , and the theory of some politicians that they had no right of ownership whatever ...
... living when the conti- nent of North America was discovered ? Between the theory of some sentimentalists that the Indians were the real owners of the soil , and the theory of some politicians that they had no right of ownership whatever ...
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... living together in the state of nature . " And again : " Since men are naturally equal , and a perfect equality prevails in their right and obligations as equally pro- ceeding from nature , nations composed of men , and considered as so ...
... living together in the state of nature . " And again : " Since men are naturally equal , and a perfect equality prevails in their right and obligations as equally pro- ceeding from nature , nations composed of men , and considered as so ...
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... living in their own houses , cultivating from fifty to one hundred acres of land , nearly all the children in schools , and yet it is for their " interest to be moved ! " The last sentence of the following paragraph tells the story ...
... living in their own houses , cultivating from fifty to one hundred acres of land , nearly all the children in schools , and yet it is for their " interest to be moved ! " The last sentence of the following paragraph tells the story ...
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