A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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Page 67
... Cheyennes , and Poncas ' reports that " all these Indians live exclusively by the chase ; " and that seems to be the sum and substance of his information about them . He adds , also , that these remote wandering tribes have a great fear ...
... Cheyennes , and Poncas ' reports that " all these Indians live exclusively by the chase ; " and that seems to be the sum and substance of his information about them . He adds , also , that these remote wandering tribes have a great fear ...
Page 68
... Cheyennes , and others . In reply to the agent's remonstrances with one of the Sioux chiefs in regard to their perpetual warring with each other , the chief " was very laconic and decided , remarking that if their great- grandfather ...
... Cheyennes , and others . In reply to the agent's remonstrances with one of the Sioux chiefs in regard to their perpetual warring with each other , the chief " was very laconic and decided , remarking that if their great- grandfather ...
Page 69
... Cheyennes , Gros Ventres , Mandans , and Pon- -were " excellent Indians , devotedly attached to the white man , " living " in peace and friendship with our Government , " and " entitled to the special favor and good opinion of the De ...
... Cheyennes , Gros Ventres , Mandans , and Pon- -were " excellent Indians , devotedly attached to the white man , " living " in peace and friendship with our Government , " and " entitled to the special favor and good opinion of the De ...
Page 71
... Cheyennes , Arapahoes - were ready and anxious to es- tablish friendly relations with the United States Government , and to enter into some arrangement by which some means of future subsistence , and some certainty of lands enough to ...
... Cheyennes , Arapahoes - were ready and anxious to es- tablish friendly relations with the United States Government , and to enter into some arrangement by which some means of future subsistence , and some certainty of lands enough to ...
Page 73
... freely given and as freely accepted by each of the tribes to interchange visits , talk , and smoke together like brothers , upon ground where they had never before met except for the purpose of scalping each THE CHEYENNES . 73.
... freely given and as freely accepted by each of the tribes to interchange visits , talk , and smoke together like brothers , upon ground where they had never before met except for the purpose of scalping each THE CHEYENNES . 73.
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agency agent agricultural annuities Aqua Caliente Arapahoes Article bands Cahuilla camp cañon cattle ceded Cherokees Cheyennes chiefs Chivington Christian citizens civilized claim Colorado commissioners Congress corn council cultivation Dakota Delawares Department dians dollars faith farms fifty Fort Lyon friendly friends give Governor grant HELEN JACKSON horses hostile houses hundred hunting Indian Affairs Indian Bureau Indian Territory Indian tribes Interior justice Kansas killed labor living located massacre ment miles Minnesota Mission Indians Missouri Missouri River murder nation Nebraska never Nez Percés Niobrara River occupied Oregon party peace peaceable persons Poncas possession present President promised protection ranch received removal reservation River Sand Creek massacre says Secretary sent settlements severalty Sioux Sitting Bull soldiers Standing Bear subsistence thousand tion told tract treaty United States Government Valley village white settlers Winnebagoes women