The Great Sioux Nation"Graphic descriptions of the social life, religious superstitions, habits, traits, customs, and manners of the wild Indians since the time of their discovery by Columbus, comprising the authentic accounts of their illustrious leaders, terrible battles, cruel massacres, daring exploits, heroism and marvelous fortitude"--T.p |
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... Attack the Indians - Trophies of_the_Victory - Indian Council in a Swamp - Treaty with Chief Massasoit - Barbarity of the Colonists -Massacre of Six Hundred Indians - Indian Women Made Slaves of the Whites - Indians Regarded as " The ...
... Attack the Indians - Trophies of_the_Victory - Indian Council in a Swamp - Treaty with Chief Massasoit - Barbarity of the Colonists -Massacre of Six Hundred Indians - Indian Women Made Slaves of the Whites - Indians Regarded as " The ...
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... Attacking the Grizzly in the Big Horn Mountains .. Wives of a White Fur - Trader 211 as They Appear at Omaha .. 214 A Sioux Courting Scene . Butterfly - A Typical Sioux Flirt .. Chief Spotted Elk After His Surrender .. The Council Lodge ...
... Attacking the Grizzly in the Big Horn Mountains .. Wives of a White Fur - Trader 211 as They Appear at Omaha .. 214 A Sioux Courting Scene . Butterfly - A Typical Sioux Flirt .. Chief Spotted Elk After His Surrender .. The Council Lodge ...
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... Attacked by the 495 Sioux . The Last Man to Fall in the Fort Kearney Massacre .... 497 J. C. Gilmore , 1906. ... Gilmore's Camp Attacked by 18 THE GREAT SIOUX NATION .
... Attacked by the 495 Sioux . The Last Man to Fall in the Fort Kearney Massacre .... 497 J. C. Gilmore , 1906. ... Gilmore's Camp Attacked by 18 THE GREAT SIOUX NATION .
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Fred Malon Hans. J. C. Gilmore , 1906. ... Gilmore's Camp Attacked by the Sioux . 501 Chief Dull Knife and his Band 503 Enroute to Fort Robinson to Surrender .. 542 A Running Fight with the Sioux ... 505 Scene on the Path of the Kan- sas ...
Fred Malon Hans. J. C. Gilmore , 1906. ... Gilmore's Camp Attacked by the Sioux . 501 Chief Dull Knife and his Band 503 Enroute to Fort Robinson to Surrender .. 542 A Running Fight with the Sioux ... 505 Scene on the Path of the Kan- sas ...
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... attacked a large village of the Sioux , and calling to them , said : ' We are Mandans . Our warriors are no more . Our friends are all dead . Our villages are in the hands of strangers . We will not , we cannot live , ' and ...
... attacked a large village of the Sioux , and calling to them , said : ' We are Mandans . Our warriors are no more . Our friends are all dead . Our villages are in the hands of strangers . We will not , we cannot live , ' and ...
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