A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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Page 56
... portion of this tribe have done well this sea son ; abundant crops of corn promise them a supply of food for the ensuing year . " The simple - minded trustingness of these people is astonish- ing . Even now they assent to an Article in ...
... portion of this tribe have done well this sea son ; abundant crops of corn promise them a supply of food for the ensuing year . " The simple - minded trustingness of these people is astonish- ing . Even now they assent to an Article in ...
Page 57
... portion of most of the tribes abrogates treaty obligations , and places them at our mercy , the very important fact should not be forgotten that the Government first wholly failed to keep its treaty stip- ulations with them in ...
... portion of most of the tribes abrogates treaty obligations , and places them at our mercy , the very important fact should not be forgotten that the Government first wholly failed to keep its treaty stip- ulations with them in ...
Page 60
... portion of the country . " " By common consent , this appears to be rec- ognized as the Indian country , and I have strong hopes that it will eventually prove for them a prosperous and happy home . " In 1864 their agent writes that the ...
... portion of the country . " " By common consent , this appears to be rec- ognized as the Indian country , and I have strong hopes that it will eventually prove for them a prosperous and happy home . " In 1864 their agent writes that the ...
Page 68
... portion of the dense population of whites that will swarm in the more fertile sections of the great valley of the Mississippi . " This line , recommended by Mr. Mitchell , runs just east of Dakota , through the extreme eastern portion ...
... portion of the dense population of whites that will swarm in the more fertile sections of the great valley of the Mississippi . " This line , recommended by Mr. Mitchell , runs just east of Dakota , through the extreme eastern portion ...
Page 85
... portion of timber and water . ” The tenth Article of the treaty provided that the annuities now paid to the Arapahoes and Cheyennes should be continued . to them until the stipulations of such treaties or articles of agreement should be ...
... portion of timber and water . ” The tenth Article of the treaty provided that the annuities now paid to the Arapahoes and Cheyennes should be continued . to them until the stipulations of such treaties or articles of agreement should be ...
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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