OUR INDIAN WARDS. Dr. John S. Buungs, 4. 8. Army. BY GEORGE W. MANYPENNY, COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FROM MARCH, 1853, UNTIL MARCH, 1857; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SIOUX COMMISSION OF 1876. "IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP ITS AGREE- Ked 1918 CINCINNATI: ROBERT CLARKE & CO. 1880. THE RECEPTION OF THE EARLY EXPLORERS BY THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. -THE CONDUCT OF THE FORMER TOWARD THE LATTER-GRANTS BY EUROPEAN POWERS TO THEIR SUBJECTS. THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PEQUODS, ETC....................... CHAPTER II. 1-15 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..... 16-32 CHAPTER III. 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............ CHAPTER IV. 33-51 EVENTS FOLLOWING THE TREATY OF PEACE. THE EFFECT UPON THE INDIANS.THE FRONTIER POSTS REMAIN IN THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH.-COMPLICATIONS RESULTING THEREFROM.—MILITARY EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE INDIANS. INTERVIEW AT NIAGARA BETWEEN UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS AND DEPUTATIONS FROM THE INDIAN NATIONS, ETC............... 52-72 CHAPTER V. ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT COMMUNICATED TO CONGRESS.-ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PROJECTED. 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.-BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE.-TECUMSEH JOINS THE BRITISH, AND IS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES, ETC......... 73-91 CHAPTER VI. EARLY TREATIES WITH THE CHEROKEES, CHOCTAWS, CHICKASAWS, AND CREEKS.— MESSAGE OF PResident Monroe, and views of JoHN C. CALHOUN, SECRETARY OF WAR, RECOMMENDING THE REMOVAL OF THE INDIAN NATIONS RESIDING 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.—ÁCT Of Congress PROVIDING FOR THE SAME PASSED MAY 28, 1830.......... CHAPTER VII. 92-110 DEDICATION OF THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR A PERMANENT GANIZED STATE OR TERRITORY.-THE TRIBES THAT EMIGRATED.-THEIR CHAPTER VIII. .......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... CHAPTER IX. 134-150 THE INDIANS ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE, TEXAS, NEw Mexico, and THE TERRITORY 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 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 THOUSAND DOLLARS APPROPRIATED TO CARRY THEIR PROVISIONS INTO EFFECT. THIS DUTY CONFIDED TO GENERAL SHERMAN.—TRANSFER of GENERAL SHERIDAN TO THE DEPARTMENT of the MisSOURI. HE CONDEMNS WHAT THE PEACE COMMISSION HAD DONE.-HOLDS THAT THE INDIANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUNISHED.-GENERAL SHERMAN COINCIDES 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 Совв................... .217-242 CHAPTER XIII. CORRESPONDENCE AND OFFICIAL REPORTS OF GEN. SHERIDAN AND GEN. HAZEN, TOUCHING THE STATUS OF THE CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES.-AN EXAMINATION 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 ་་་ ...... CHAPTER XIV. MILITARY OPERATIONS IN MONTANA IN 1869 AND 1870.-THE DESTRUCTION OF 272-293 |