Century of dishonor

• Autore: Jackson Helen Hunt <1830-1885.>
• Pubblicazione: Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (526 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Government relations; Indians, Treatment of - United States
• Note generali: Originally published: A century of dishonor: a sketch of the United States government's dealings with some of the Indian tribes. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1889.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- PREFACE, BY BISHOP WHIPPLE -- INTRODUCTION, BY PRESIDENT JULIUS H. SEELYE -- AUTHOR'S NOTE. -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. -- INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER II. -- THE DELAWARES -- CHAPTER III. -- THE CHEYENNES -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE NEZ PERCÉS -- CHAPTER V. -- THE SIOUX -- CHAPTER VI. -- THE PONCAS -- CHAPTER VII. -- THE WINNEBAGOES -- CHAPTER VIII. -- THE CHEROKEES -- CHAPTER IX. -- MASSACRES OF INDIANS BY WHITES -- I. The Conestoga Massacre -- II. The Gnadenhütten Massacre -- III. Massacres of Apaches -- CHAPTER X. -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX. -- I. THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE -- II. THE PONCA CASE. -- III. TESTIMONIES TO INDIAN CHARACTER -- IV. OUTRAGES COMMITTED ON INDIANS BY WHITES. -- V. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SENT TO TREAT WITH THE SIOUX CHIEF SITTING BULL, IN CANADA -- VI. ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE OLD GRIEVANCES OF THE SIOUX -- VII. LETTER FROM SARAH WINNEMUCCA, AN EDUCATED PAH-UTE WOMAN -- VIII. LAWS OF THE DELAWARE NATION OF INDIANS -- IX. ACCOUNT OF THE CHEROKEE WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET. -- X. PRICES PAID BY WHITE MEN FOR SCALPS. -- XI. EXTRACT FROM TREATY WITH CHEYENNES IN 1865 -- XII. WOOD-CUTTING BY INDIANS IN DAKOTA. -- XIII. SEQUEL TO THE WALLA WALLA MASSACRE -- XIV. AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBERS, LOCATION, AND SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF EACH IMPORTANT TRIBE AND BAND OF INDIANS WI -- XV. REPORT ON THE CONDITION AND NEEDS OF THE MISSION INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA.
• Titolo autorizzato: Century of dishonor
• ISBN: 1-58218-287-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815857903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II