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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY..
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CHAPTER I.
THE RECEPTION OF THE EARLY EXPLORERS BY THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
-THE CONDUCT OF THE FORMER TOWARD THE LATTER-GRANTS BY EU-
ROPEAN POWERS TO THEIR SUBJECTS.—THE LANDING OF THE Pilgrims.-
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PEQUODS, ETC.....
1-15
.......
CHAPTER II.
THE INTERCOURSE AND DEALINGS OF WILLIAM Pern WITH THE INDIANS.—THE
IMPRESSION MADE UPON THEM.-Penn's DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIANS AS
HE FOUND THEM..
.... 16-32
CHAPTER III.
EVENTS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING AND FOLLOWING THE TREATY OF Paris, IN
1763.-CessioXS BY FRANCE AND SPAIN OF THEIR RIGHTS TO TERRITORY
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.—CONSPIRACY OF Pontiac.-TROOPS RAISED IN
PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA.—BOUNTY FOR INDIAN SCALPS.—Whites
OCCUPY THE OHIO VALLEY.-ENTER KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORY.— RUPTURE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES. —
BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, ETC....
33-51
CHAPTER IV.
EvenTS FOLLOWING THE TREATY OF PEACE.—THE EFFECT UPON THE INDIANS. —
THE FRONTIER POSTS REMAIN IN THE HANDS OF THE British.-COMPLICA-
TIONS RESULTING THEREFROM.--MILITARY EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE IN-
DIANS.—INTERVIEW AT NIAGARA BETWEEN UNITED STATES COMMISSION-
ERS AND DEPUTATIONS FROM THE INDIAN NATIONS, ETC........ .... 52–72
CHAPTER V.
St. CLAIR'S DEFEAT COMMUNICATED TO CONGRESS.-ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PRO-
JECTED.-Gex. WAYNE ASSIGNED TO COMMAND IT.—THE INDIANS DEFEATED.
-TREATY OF GREENVILLE.-A BOUNDARY OR DIVISION LINE ADOPTED. —
MORE TERRITORY DEMANDED FROM THE INDIANS.--SUBSEQUENT TREATIES AND
THEIR EFFECT.-RUPTURE BETWEEN TECUMSEH AND Gen. Harrison.-BAT-
TLE OF TIPPECANOE. –TECUMSEH JOINS THE BRITISH, AND IS KILLED AT THE
BATTLE OF THE THAMES, ETC.....
73-91
(iii)
CUAPTER VI.
EARLY TREATIES WITH THE CHEROKEES, CHOctawS, CAICKASAWS, AND CREEKS.-
MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT MONROE, AND VIEWS OF John C. Calhoux, Secre-
TARY OF WAR, RECOMMENDING THE REMOVAL OF THE INDIAN NATIONS RE-
SIDING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE WEST SIDE. —Views of
James BARBOUR, SECRETARY OF WAR, ON THE SAME SUBJECT.--MESSAGE OF
PRESIDENT JACKSON RECOMMENDING THIS REMOVAL.-ACT OF CONGRESS PRO-
VIDING FOR THE SAME PASSED MAY 28, 1830........
92-110
CHAPTER VII.
DEDICATION OF THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE MississiPPI RIVER FOR A PERMANENT
HOME FOR THE INDIANS RESIDING EAST OF IT.-GUARANTEES THAT THIS
NEW HOME SHOULD NEVER BE
EMBRACED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ANY OR-
GANIZED
STATE OR TERRITORY.—THE TRIBES THAT EMIGRATED.-THEIR
“LOST MONEY.”—THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS AND OTHER ACQUISITIONS.—The
EFFECT OPON THE INDIANS.— DEMANDS TIIAT TIIE COUNTRY SHOULD BE OPENED
TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WHITE PEOPLE.—ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRI-
TORY OF KANSAS.—ITS EFFECT ON TIE EMIGRATED TRIBES—TREATIES OF
1854.-IXTRUSION OF THE WHITES.—MILITARY OFFICERS AT Fort LEAVEN-
WORTH SYMPATHIZE WITH THE "SQUATTERS.”—TIIE RESERVATIONS OF THE
CHEROKEES, CHICKAsaws, ChoctawS, ETC........
.111-133
CHAPTER VIII.
THE REMOVAL OF INDIAN TRIBES. --THE STORY OF ONE REMOVAL SUBSTANTIALLY
THE STORY OF ALL.—THE REMOVAL OF THE SANTEE SIOUX AND WINXEBAGO
INDIANS.— TIE DESTRUCTION OF THE BUFFALO AND SMALL GAME.- ITS EFFECT
ON THE INDIANS OF THE PLAINS.....
.134-150
CHAPTER IX.
THE INDIANS ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE, Texas, NEW MEXICO, AND THE TERRITORY
EMBRACED IN UTAH, NEVADA, IDAHO, MONTANA, WYOMING, COLORADO, Ari-
ZONA, AND PART OF DAKOTA.—THE INCURSIONS OF WHITES PREVIOUS TO ANY
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE INDIANS.—COMPLICATIONS, WARS, AND TREATIES.--
DESTRUCTION OF LIEUTENANT GRATTAN'S COMMAND. - - HARNEY'S CAMPAIGN.-
OPERATIONS OF LIEUTENANT Dunn and Major DOWLING.—BLACK KETTLE's
VISIT TO DenveR.-CHivington's ATTACK ON HIS VILLAGE.- DESTRUCTION
OF COLONEL FETTERMAN'S COMMAXD.-CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL HANCOCK.-
BURNING OF THE CHEYENNE VILLAGE, ETC...
.151-172
CHAPTER X.
MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE INDIANS IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA IN
1862, 1863, 1864, and 1869.—DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO EXTERMINATE THEM.-
MASSACRE OF APACHES IN 1871 AT CAMP GRANT, ETC.. ...... ..175-193
TIOI'SAND DOLLARS APPROPRIATED TO CARRY
CHAPTER XI.
A BOARD OF PEACE COMMISSIONERS CREATED BY CONGRESS.—TREATIES MADE
WITH THE Kiowa, COMANCHE, CHEYENNE, AND ARAPAHOE, Sioux, AND OTHER
INDIANS.—Five HUNDRED
THEIR PROVISIONS INTO EFFECT.-Tuis UTY CONFIDED TO GENERAL SHER-
MAN.—TRANSFER OF GENERAL SHERIDAN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE Mis-
SOURI.—HE CONDEMNS WHAT THE PEACE COMMISSION HAD DONE.—Holds
THAT THE INDIANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUNISHED.-GENERAL SHERMAN CO-
INCIDES IN THIS OPINION. — ACTION OF THE COMMISSION AT Chicago. –
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HOSTILE INDIANS SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS,''
...,194-216
ETC .........
CHAPTER XII.
GENERAL SHERIDAN'S OPERATIONS.—MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL CUSTER.-His
SURPRISE AND DESTRUCTION OF BLACK KETTLE'S VILLAGE, CALLED BY THE
MILITARY "THE BATTLE OF THE WASHita.”—HIS RETURN TO GENERAL
SheridaN'S HEADQUARTERS AT CAMP SUPPLY.—INCIDENTS AND EVENTS OF
THE MARCH OF THE COMMAND, FROM THENCE, VIA THE BATTLE-GROUND, To Fort
COBB ........
..... .217–242
CHAPTER XIII.
CORRESPONDENCE AND OFFICIAL REPORTS of Gen. SHERIDAN AND Gex. HAZEN,
TOUCHING THE STATUS OF THE CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES.-AN EXAMINA-
TION OF THE CONTENTS OF THESE.—THE OPERATIONS OF Gex. HARNEY AND
Gex, HAZEN, ACTING AS INDIAN AGENTS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF Gen.
SHERMAN..
.243-271
CHAPTER XIV.
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN MONTANA IN 1869 and 1870.--THE DESTRUCTION OF
THE PIEGAN INDIAN CAMP BY COL. BAKER.-MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE AND
REPORTS TOUCHING THE CAMPAIGN.........
272-293
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CHAPTER XV.
THE SIOUX WAR OF 1876.-How BROUGHT ABOUT.-SITTING BULL AND HIS FOI-
LOWERS TURNED OVER TO THE ARMY FEBRUARY 1, 1876.--SITTING Bull's
VIEWS.-SEIZURE OF THE ARMS AND PONIES OF THE INDIANS AT RED CLOUD,
Standing Rock, and CHEYENNE RIVER agencies.—MILITARY CORRESPOND-
ENCE AND COMMENTS THEREON...........
........ 294-321
CHAPTER XVI.
OPERATIONS AGAINST THE NORTHERN Cheyenxes.—THEIR SURRENDER.—THE
SURRENDER OF Crazy Horse.—THE CHIEF IS STABBED AT CAMP ROBINSON.-
TRANSFER OF THE CHEYENNES TO THE INDIAN TERRITORY.-Dull KNIFE's
BAND ESCAPES NORTH.- ITS FATE.-A SAD STORY,
.322-341
CHAPTER XVII.
The Sioux COMMISSION OF 1876.–CORRESPONDENCE OF GENERALS MCKENZIE,
CROOK, AND SHERIDAN, IN RELATION TO THE INDIANS AND THE OPERATIONS
OF THE COMMISSION.---THE REMOVAL OF THE COMANCHE AND Kiowa IN.
DIANS FROM Fort SILL TO THE WICHITA AGENCY.-ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE
FRANKNESS AND CANDOR OF HIGH MILITARY OFFICERS........... ..........342-372
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE TRANSFER QUESTION IN THE 45th CongreSS.— A JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE SUBJECT.-ITS ACTION.--TESTIMONY OF
Gen. SHERMAN AND OTHERS.-REMARKABLE TESTIMONY OF Gen. Meigs.-
THE COST OF SUPPORTING THE ARMY COMPARED WITH THE COST OF SUPPORT-
ING THE INDIANS, ETC., ETC.......
....373–394
CHAPTER XIX.
THE UTE INDIANS OF COLORADO.—THE TREATY OF 1868, AND THE AGREE-
MENT OF 1873 WITA THEM.- -AN EXAMINATION OF THE MANNER IN WHICH
EACH PARTY HAS PERFORMED ITS OBLIGATIONS.—THE ORIGIN OF THE
PRESENT COMPLICATIONS, ETC....... .........
....395-410