CONTENTS.

PAGE
Preface, by Bishop Whipple[v]
Introduction, by President Julius H. Seelye[1]
CHAPTER I.
Introductory[9]
CHAPTER II.
The Delawares[32]
CHAPTER III.
The Cheyennes[66]
CHAPTER IV.
The Nez Percés[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 Gnadenhütten 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]