A Century of Dishonor

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Author

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885

Title

A Century of Dishonor A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes

Credits

Produced by readbueno, Jan-Fabian Humann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Indians, Treatment of -- United States

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50560

Release Date

November 27, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A CENTURY OF DISHONOR
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.AUTHOR'S NOTE.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. THE DELAWARES.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE CHEYENNES.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE NEZ PERCÉS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE SIOUX.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE PONCAS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE WINNEBAGOES.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE CHEROKEES.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. MASSACRES OF INDIANS BY WHITES.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. CONCLUSION.
16. 16.APPENDIX.
17. 17.I. THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE.
18. 18.II. THE PONCA CASE.
19. 19.III. TESTIMONIES TO INDIAN CHARACTER.
20. 20.IV. OUTRAGES COMMITTED ON INDIANS BY WHITES.
21. 21.V. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SENT TO TREAT WITH THE SIOUX CHIEF, SITTING BULL, IN CANADA.
22. 22.VI. ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE OLD GRIEVANCES OF THE SIOUX.
23. 23.VII. LETTER FROM SARAH WINNEMUCCA, AN EDUCATED PAH-UTE WOMAN.
24. 24.VIII. LAWS OF THE DELAWARE NATION OF INDIANS.
25. 25.IX. ACCOUNT OF THE CHEROKEE WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET.
26. 26.X. PRICES PAID BY WHITE MEN FOR SCALPS.
27. 27.XI. EXTRACT FROM TREATY WITH CHEYENNES, IN 1865.
28. 28.XII. WOOD-CUTTING BY INDIANS IN DAKOTA.
29. 29.XIII. SEQUEL TO THE WALLA WALLA MASSACRE.
30. 30.XIV. AN ACCOUNT
31. 31.XV.
32. 32.INDEX OF EXHIBITS.
33. 33.FOOTNOTES:

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