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Nebraska State Historical Society, 1898 - Nebraska
 

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Page 107 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 36 - LITTLE drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, And the beauteous land.
Page 146 - ... more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than sixty days, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
Page 24 - It is a matter of astonishment to me that the Government should have ordered the removal of the Ponca Indians from Dakota to the Indian Territory without having first made some provision for their settlement and comfort. Before their removal was carried into effect an appropriation should have been made by Congress sufficient to have located them in their new home, by building a comfortable house for the occupancy of every family of the tribe. As the case now is, no appropriation has been made by...
Page 182 - ST. PAUL, MINN., Dec. 12, 1890. "To Commanding Officer, Fort Yates, North Dakota: "The division commander has directed that you make it your especial duty to secure the person of Sitting Bull. Call on the Indian agent to cooperate and render such assistance as will best promote the purpose in view.
Page 185 - Their bearing was such as to inspire me with the fullest confidence that they would do their duty. The squadron was now advanced in two columns, the artillery between the heads, ready for deployment. The line had just commenced the forward movement when another of the police came in and reported that Sitting Bull's people had a number of the police penned up in his house; that they were nearly out of ammunition and could not hold out much longer. At this time, we could hear some firing. In a few...
Page 186 - In front of the house, and within a radius of fifty yards, were the bodies of eight dead Indians, including that of Sitting Bull, and two dead horses. In the house were four dead policemen and three wounded, two mortally. To add to the horror of the scene, the squaws of Sitting Bull, who were in a small house nearby, kept up a great wailing. I at once proceeded to investigate the causes which brought about the tragedy.
Page 16 - II. In consideration of the cession or release of that portion of the reservation above described by the Ponca tribe of Indians to the government of the United States, the government of the United States, by way of rewarding them for their constant fidelity to the government and citizens thereof...
Page 186 - The policemen reasoned with the crowd, gradually forcing them back, thus increasing the open circle considerably; but Sitting Bull kept calling upon his followers to rescue him from the police; that if the two principal men, Bull Head and Shave Head...
Page 143 - The said colleges and their preparatory departments, shall be open to all denominations of Christians, and the profession of any particular religious faith shall not be required of those who become students...

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