Preface, by Bishop Whipple.......................................................................vii 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 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 IL The Gnadenhiitten Massacre.......................•......................................317 HL Massacres of Apaches........................................................................324

CHAPTER X Conclusion.......................................................................................................................386

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...............886 VI. Account of some of the old Grievances of the Sioux..............889 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 op each Important Tribe and Band of Indians within the United States.........................................411 XV. Report on tite Condition and Needs of the Mission Indians of California.... 458