A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes

by Helen Hunt Jackson

Overview

Originally published over 100 years ago, A Century of Dishonor is Helen Jackson's eye-opening sketch of the U.S. government's often shameful mishandling of what was called the "Indian problem". Using official documents as authentic research materials, Jackson asserts that the government and citizens of the United States were the cause of the "problems", and not the Native peoples.

Broken treaties, inhuman treatment, restricted to reservations unfit for habitation or traditional lifestyle ... all of these actions were taken against Indian tribes by a government that treated them with less consideration and compassion than that of a foreign country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646798803
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	02/23/1905
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.05(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	V
	Introduction	1
Chapter I.	Introductory	9
Chapter II.	The Delawares	32
Chapter III.	The Cheyennes	66
Chapter IV.	The Nez Perces	103
Chapter V.	The Sioux	136
Chapter VI.	The Poncas	186
Chapter VII.	The Winnebagoes	218
Chapter VIII.	The Cherokees	257
Chapter IX.	Massacres of Indians by Whites	298
I.	The Conestoga Massacre	298
II.	The Gnadenhutten Massacre	317
III.	Massacres of Apaches	324
Chapter X.	Conclusion	336
	Appendix
I.	The Sand Creek Massacre	343
II.	The Ponca Case	359
III.	Testimonies to Indian Character	374
IV.	Outrages Committed on Indians by Whites	381
V.	Extracts from the Report of the Commission sent to treat with the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, in Canada	386
VI.	Account of some of the old Grievances of the Sioux	389
VII.	Letter from Sarah Winnemucca, an Educated Pah-Ute Woman	395
VIII.	Laws of the Delaware Nation of Indians	396
IX.	Account of the Cherokee who Invented the Cherokee Alphabet	404
X.	Prices paid by White Men for Scalps	405
XI.	Extract from Treaty with Cheyennes in 1865	406
XII.	Wood-cutting by Indians in Dakota	407
XIII.	Sequel to the Walla Walla Massacre	407
XIV.	An Account of the Numbers, Location, and Social and Industrial Condition of each Important Tribe and Band of Indians within the United States	411
XV.	Report on the Condition and Needs of the Mission Indians of California	458