A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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Page 64
... Cherokees , and all their funds had been transferred to the Cherokee Nation , it is thought to be " very unfortunate that they should be thus obliged to seek a new home ; " and it is said to be " quite desirable that the parties in ...
... Cherokees , and all their funds had been transferred to the Cherokee Nation , it is thought to be " very unfortunate that they should be thus obliged to seek a new home ; " and it is said to be " quite desirable that the parties in ...
Page 90
... Cherokees , this amendment left them literally without any home what- Under these circumstances , the young men of the tribe soon began to join again with other hostile Indians in commit- ting depredations and hostilities along the ...
... Cherokees , this amendment left them literally without any home what- Under these circumstances , the young men of the tribe soon began to join again with other hostile Indians in commit- ting depredations and hostilities along the ...
Page 143
... Cherokees , west , $ 2000 ; the Florida Indians , $ 1000 ; the Quapaws , $ 1000 ; the Chickasaws , $ 3000 ; the Creeks , $ 1000 : being a total of $ 31,000 . There were in this year one hundred and fifty - six pupils at the Choctaw ...
... Cherokees , west , $ 2000 ; the Florida Indians , $ 1000 ; the Quapaws , $ 1000 ; the Chickasaws , $ 3000 ; the Creeks , $ 1000 : being a total of $ 31,000 . There were in this year one hundred and fifty - six pupils at the Choctaw ...
Page 257
... CHEROKEES . THE Cherokees were the Eastern Mountaineers of America . Their country lay along the Tennessee River , and in the high- lands of Georgia , Carolina , and Alabama - the loveliest region east of the Mississippi River ...
... CHEROKEES . THE Cherokees were the Eastern Mountaineers of America . Their country lay along the Tennessee River , and in the high- lands of Georgia , Carolina , and Alabama - the loveliest region east of the Mississippi River ...
Page 258
... Cherokee chief . It was written in black and red hiero- glyphs on a dressed buffalo - skin . Before it was sent to Eng- land it was exhibited in Savannah , and the meaning of the hieroglyphs translated by an interpreter in a grand ...
... Cherokee chief . It was written in black and red hiero- glyphs on a dressed buffalo - skin . Before it was sent to Eng- land it was exhibited in Savannah , and the meaning of the hieroglyphs translated by an interpreter in a grand ...
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