In the late 1800’s the government deemed a policy to rid the lands east of the Mississippi of the Indians’ presence. The government granted migrating tribes large reservations and self-government, provided they would remain on the reservations and do what was asked of them. Numerous Indian tribes were forced into singular areas. There was insufficient land and food for the many different tribes. Inevitably the Indian tribes became more hostile and fought against one another.

This book was written during the uprising of the Sioux Indians and their kindred tribes in the Dakotas in 1891. The time came when the Indians asserted that they preferred extinction to slavery or to the adoption of colonial civilization.

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