A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... record . All this I have been forced to leave untouched , in strict ad- herence to my object , which has been simply to show our causes for national shame in the matter of our treatment of the Indians . It is a shame which the American ...
... record . All this I have been forced to leave untouched , in strict ad- herence to my object , which has been simply to show our causes for national shame in the matter of our treatment of the Indians . It is a shame which the American ...
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... record of cruelties and perjuries ! the first to attempt to re- deem the name of the United States from the stain of a cen- tury of dishonor ! CHAPTER II . THE DELAWARES . WHEN Hendrik Hudson anchored INTRODUCTORY . 31.
... record of cruelties and perjuries ! the first to attempt to re- deem the name of the United States from the stain of a cen- tury of dishonor ! CHAPTER II . THE DELAWARES . WHEN Hendrik Hudson anchored INTRODUCTORY . 31.
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... records of the principle and method on which the United States Government first began its dealings with Indians . " Regular conveyances , " " extin- guishing claims " by " extending purchase . " These are all the strictest of legal ...
... records of the principle and method on which the United States Government first began its dealings with Indians . " Regular conveyances , " " extin- guishing claims " by " extending purchase . " These are all the strictest of legal ...
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... records of his country his claim to the first suggestion and recommendation of this method is " Arthur St. Clair , governor of the territory of the United States north- west of the Ohio River , and commissioner plenipotentiary of the ...
... records of his country his claim to the first suggestion and recommendation of this method is " Arthur St. Clair , governor of the territory of the United States north- west of the Ohio River , and commissioner plenipotentiary of the ...
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... records of this council are profoundly touching . The Indians reitera- ted over and over the provisions of the old treaties which had established the Ohio River as one of their boundaries . Their words were not the words of ignorant ...
... records of this council are profoundly touching . The Indians reitera- ted over and over the provisions of the old treaties which had established the Ohio River as one of their boundaries . Their words were not the words of ignorant ...
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