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N.A. ETH. 31

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GEORGE W. MANYPENNY

1880.

CONTENTS.

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........

THE INTERCOURSE AND DEALINGS OF WILLIAM PENN WITH THE INDIANS. THE

IMPRESSION MADE UPON THEM. -PENN'S DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIANS AS

HE FOUND THEM...

EVENTS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING AND FOLLOWING THE TREATY OF PARIS, IN

1763.-CESSIONS 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..............

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

ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT COMMUNICATED TO CONGRESS.-ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PRO-

JECTED. GEN. 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....

EARLY TREATIES WITH THE CHEROKEES, CHOCTAWS, CHICKASAWS, AND Creeks.—

MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT MONROE, AND VIEWS OF JOHN C. CALHOUN, 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.........

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 UPON THE INDIANS.-DEMANDS THAT THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE OPENED

TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WHITE PEOPLE.-ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRI-

TORY OF KANSAS.-ITS EFFECT ON THE EMIGRATED TRIBES-TREATIES OF

1854. INTRUSION OF THE WHITES.-MILITARY OFFICERS AT FORT LEAVEN-

WORTH SYMPATHIZE WITH THE "SQUATTERS."-THE RESERVATIONS OF THE

CHEROKEES, CHICKASAWS, CHOCTAWS, ETC.......
.111-133

THE REMOVAL OF INDIAN TRIBES.-THE STORY OF ONE REMOVAL SUBSTANTIALLY

THE STORY OF ALL. THE REMOVAL OF THE SANTEE SIOUX AND WINNEBAGO

INDIANS. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BUFFALO AND SMALL GAME. ITS EFFECT

ON THE INDIANS OF THE PLAINS...............

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 COMMAND.-CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL HANCOCK.—

BURNING OF THE CHEYENNE VILLAGE, ETC.........
....151-172

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........

A BOARD OF PEACE COMMISSIONERS CREATED BY CONGRESS.-TREATIES MADE

WITH THE KIOWA, COMANCHE, CHEYENNE, AND ARAPAHOE, SIOUX, AND OTHER

INDIANS.-FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS APPROPRIATED TO CARRY

THEIR PROVISIONS INTO EFFECT. THIS DUTY 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,"

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

Совв .......
....217-242

CORRESPONDENCE AND OFFICIAL REPORTS OF GEN. SHERIDAN AND GEN. HAZEN,

TOUCHING THE STATUS OF THE CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES. AN EXAMINA-

TION OF THE CONTENTS OF THESE. THE OPERATIONS OF GEN. HARNEY AND

GEN. HAZEN, ACTING AS INDIAN AGENTS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF GEN.

SHERMAN ..
.243-271

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

THE SIOUX WAR OF 1876.-How BROUGHT ABOUT.-SITTING BULL AND HIS FOL-

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.

OPERATIONS AGAINST THE NORTHERN CHEYENNES.-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....

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

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

THE UTE INDIANS OF COLORADO.-THE TREATY OF 1868, AND THE AGREE-

MENT OF 1873 WITH THEM. AN EXAMINATION OF THE MANNER IN WHICH

OBLIGATIONS.-THE ORIGIN OF THE

EACH PARTY HAS PERFORMED

PRESENT COMPLICATIONS, ETC.........................................

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