A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... civilized discoverer , as against the savage bar- barian , there is no manner nor ground of doubt . To question this is feeble sentimentalism . But to affirm and uphold this is not in any wise to overlook the lesser right 10 A CENTURY ...
... civilized discoverer , as against the savage bar- barian , there is no manner nor ground of doubt . To question this is feeble sentimentalism . But to affirm and uphold this is not in any wise to overlook the lesser right 10 A CENTURY ...
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... civilized inhabitants now hold this country . They hold and assert in themselves the title by which it was acquired . They maintain , as all others have maintained , that discovery gave an exclusive right to ex- tinguish the Indian ...
... civilized inhabitants now hold this country . They hold and assert in themselves the title by which it was acquired . They maintain , as all others have maintained , that discovery gave an exclusive right to ex- tinguish the Indian ...
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... civilized , uniform , well understood , and undisputed . Steal- ing , for instance , is every where held to be dishonorable , as well as impolitic ; lying , also , in all its forms ; breaking of promises and betrayals of trust are ...
... civilized , uniform , well understood , and undisputed . Steal- ing , for instance , is every where held to be dishonorable , as well as impolitic ; lying , also , in all its forms ; breaking of promises and betrayals of trust are ...
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... civilized nations , may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct which reason deduces as consonant to justice from the nature of the society existing among independent nations . " President Woolsey says : " International law ...
... civilized nations , may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct which reason deduces as consonant to justice from the nature of the society existing among independent nations . " President Woolsey says : " International law ...
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... civilized nation who might see fit to call us to account , and to that more certain natural punishment which , sooner or later , as surely comes from evil - doing as harvests come from sown seed . To prove all this it is only necessary ...
... civilized nation who might see fit to call us to account , and to that more certain natural punishment which , sooner or later , as surely comes from evil - doing as harvests come from sown seed . To prove all this it is only necessary ...
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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