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

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. A Century of Dishonor exposes how various people, from the military personnel to the government official, viewed Native Americans. Jackson outlines treaties between the federal government and various Native American tribes, treaties that were supposed to protect the rights of the Native American people and “ensure” them title to their lands, but were broken by the United States Government. She also tells of massacres, citing letters written by members of the United States military, detailing the horrendous acts committed against Native American women and children. When it was published in 1885, A Century of Dishonor created such a stir that the U.S. Department of the Interior appointed Jackson and Abbot Kinney to investigate the conditions of Native Americans in missions in California. Annotation 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 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. Cover 1 Halftitle 2 Title 4 Copyright, 1885 5 ©2001 6 ISBN 6 Contents 8 Preface 10 Introduction 16 Author's Note 22 Chapter I 24 Chapter II 47 Chapter III 81 Chapter IV 118 Chapter V 151 Chapter VI 201 Chapter VII 233 Chapter VIII 272 Chapter IX 313 Chapter X 351 Appendix 358 THE present number of Indians in the United States does not exceed three hundred thousand, but is possibly as large now as when the Europeans began the settlement of the North American continent.