Massacres of the Mountains: A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West |
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agency agent American Apaches Arapahoes Arizona arms attack band Blackfeet Bosque California called camp cañon Captain captives captured cavalry Cheyennes chief Chiricahuas Chivington Colonel Colorado command commissioners Custer death dians east emigrants escaped expedition fight fire force friendly Governor Hills Hooker Jim horses hostile Hudson's Bay Company hundred Indians killed Lake land Lapwai Lieutenant lived lodges marched massacre Meeker Mescaleros Mexican Mexico miles military Minneconjous mission Modocs Mohaves Mormons mountains murder Navahos Nez Percés night Oregon party peace Piegans Powder River country Pueblo reached remained reported reservation returned River road Rogue River Sand Creek Santa Fé scalp scouts sent settlements settlers side Sioux Sitting Bull soldiers spring squaws surrender territory tion told took trail treaty tribes troops trouble Utah Utes valley village wagons Walla-Walla warriors women and children wounded Yumas
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Page 584 - ... set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians herein named, and for such other friendly tribes or individual Indians, as from time to time they may be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit among them...
Page 584 - States, to admit among them ; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employes of the Government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article, or in such territory as may be added to this reservation for the use of said Indians.
Page 9 - ... it may well be doubted whether those tribes which reside within the acknowledged boundaries of the United States can, with strict accuracy, be denominated foreign nations. They may, more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations.
Page 288 - Martial law is hereby declared to exist in this Territory from and after the publication of this proclamation ; and no person shall be allowed to pass or repass into, or through, or from, this Territory without a permit from the proper officer.
Page 282 - ... and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath, and indignation and chastening hand of an Almighty God, until the...
Page 9 - They may, more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory to which we assert a title independent of their will, which must take effect in point of possession when their right of possession ceases. Meanwhile they are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the president...
Page 286 - Without entering upon a minute history of occurrences, it is sufficient to say that all the officers of the United States, judicial and executive, with the single exception of two Indian agents, have found it necessary for their own personal safety to withdraw from the Territory, and there no longer remains any government in Utah but the despotism of Brigham Young.
Page 682 - States, to admit amongst them ; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employes of the government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article...
Page 282 - AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel : only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Page 285 - I could refer you to plenty of instances where men have been righteously slain in order to atone for their sins. I have seen scores and hundreds of people for whom there would have been a chance (in the last resurrection there will be), if their lives had been taken and their blood spilled on the ground as a smoking incense to the Almighty, but who are now angels to the devil, until our elder brother, Jesus Christ, raises them up, and conquers death, hell and the grave.