Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN THE UNITED STATES PERIOD 1850–1914 BY WARREN K. MOOREHEAD, A.M., AUTHOR, “THE STONE AGE IN NORTH AMERICA,” CURATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MASS.; MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS; FELLOW, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, ETC. THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN; HIS POLITICAL HISTORY AND OTHER TOPICS A PLEA FOR JUSTICE 1914 THE ANDOVER PRESS ANDOVER, MASS. COPYRIGHT 1914 WARREN K. MOOREHEAD [Illustration: RED CLOUD (MAKH-PIYA-LUTA) War Chief of all the Sioux. ] TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page INTRODUCTION 9 I. TWO POINTS OF VIEW 17 II. THE U. S. INDIAN OFFICE IN 1913 25 III. THE INDIANS TODAY AND HON. E. E. AYER’S REPORT 31 IV. THE OJIBWA OF MINNESOTA 45 V. THE LEGAL COMPLICATIONS AT WHITE EARTH—THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 57 VI. THE WHITE EARTH SCANDAL 66 VII. SOME INDIAN TESTIMONY AND AFFIDAVITS. SICKNESS 77 VIII. THE ROLL. STORIES. RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHITE EARTH 89 IX. THE SIOUX AND THE MESSIAH CRAZE 99 X. THE DANCE 111 XI. THE AGENCY; THE GOVERNMENT; LOUIS SHANGRAUX AND THE TROOPS 118 XII. THE DEATH OF SITTING BULL AND A TRAGEDY AT WOUNDED KNEE 123 XIII. THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES 133 XIV. CAPTAIN GRAYSON’S VIEWS; MISS BARNARD’S WORK; THE MINORS’ ESTATES 148 XV. WHAT IS LEFT OF INDIAN PROPERTY IN OKLAHOMA 157