![]() ![]() Lakes, and you will find in every thirty miles between Plymouth and Omaha To show the folly of our method, examine the south side of the great Money hasīeen poured out like water to feed and educate the Indian, of which oneĭollar in ten may have found its way to supply his needs, or pay the debts In any city of the Union, could his advocate obtain a hearing. Congress has handed him over, gagged and helpless, to theīands of ignorant, drunken and brutal soldiers. Neither pulpit nor press, nor political party, would listen to hisĬomplaints. To accept another, and have robbed him of the last by driving him toįrenzy, and then punishing resistance with confiscation. We have cheated him out of one hunting-ground by compelling him Under foot the rules of modern warfare, we have made war on his women andĬhildren. We have madeĬauseless war on him merely as a pretext to steal his lands. We have put him inĬharge of agents who have systematically cheated him. To human life, and lust for territory, all play their parts in the drama.Įxcept the negro, no race will lift up, at the judgment-seat, suchĪccusing hands against this nation as the Indian. Pandering to the hate and fears of the settlers, avarice and indifference Violence, open, high-handed robbery and sly cheating, the swindling agentĪnd the brutal soldier turned into a brigand, buying promotion by Indian tribes, from Plymouth to San Francisco, will be one of the darkestĪnd most disgraceful in our annals. The chapter in our National history which tells our dealings with the Will applaud the oppressor and the tyrant one day, and the very next day Oregon, together with his participation in the tragic events of the Lavaīed, invest his words with an authority which must outweigh that of everyįlippant politician in the land, who, to secure the huzzas of the mob, North-west, and his official career as Superintendent of Indian affairs in Meacham’s thirty years’ experience among the Indian tribes of the Whose history he has given us, it will be a reliable, entertaining, and Have marked out for the author, as well as for the unfortunate tribes Them to wreak vengeance for wrongs done them, even on the innocent.įor the lover of romance and of thrilling adventure, the work possesses aĬharm scarcely equalled by the enchanting pages of a Fennimore Cooper Īnd, to the reader who appreciates truth, justice, and humanity, andĭelights to trace the outlines of such a career as Providence seems to Of its subordinates in dealing with a people whose very religion prompts Well as the manly courage with which the writer arraigns Power for theĬrime of crushing Weakness-holding our Government to an awfulĪccountability for the delays, the ignorance, the fickleness and treachery Love of justice and the fidelity to truth which pervade its every page, as None, it seems to me, can peruse the work without being charmed with the Thrilling narrative, that it has flowed on like a mighty torrent, biddingĭefiance to any attempt either to direct or control. His mind was so full, both of the comedy and the tragedy of his Of writers commonly called “learned.” In no case have I attempted (for theĪttempt would have been vain) to give shape and tone to the writer’s Immaterial-no more nor greater than would be required in the manuscript TheĬhanges which I have made have been, for the most part, quite Singularly eloquent and fascinating style of the gifted author. I have endeavored to review every page as an impartial critic, and have,Īs far as possible, retained, in all its simplicity and beauty, the ![]() Meacham has committed to me the difficult and delicate, yetĭelightful task of revising the manuscript and arranging the table of Images of the original pages are available through ![]() ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WIGWAM AND WAR-PATH OR THE ROYAL CHIEF IN CHAINS***Į-text prepared by Bryan Ness, Henry Gardiner,Īnd the Online Distributed Proofreading Teamįrom page images generously made available by With this eBook or online at Title: Wigwam and War-path Or the Royal Chief in Chains Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. (Alfred Benjamin) Meacham The Project Gutenberg eBook, Wigwam and War-path Or the Royal Chief inĬhains, by A. The Project Gutenberg eBook of Wigwam and War-path Or the Royal Chief in Chains, by A. ![]()
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