Report of a Visit to the Sioux And Ponka Indians of the Missouri River
Report of a Visit to the Sioux And Ponka Indians of the Missouri River
William Welsh
The book Report of a Visit to the Sioux And Ponka Indians of the Missouri River was written by author William Welsh Here you can read free online of Report of a Visit to the Sioux And Ponka Indians of the Missouri River book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Report of a Visit to the Sioux And Ponka Indians of the Missouri River a good or bad book?
What reading level is Report of a Visit to the Sioux And Ponka Indians of the Missouri River book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Mrs. Ilinman and the other zealous teachers and ministering women connected with this Mission, deserve high commendation for their intelligent and syiupathiz- ing labors. THE rONKA INDIANS. "Wlien I first visited the Ponkas, nearly two years since, they interested me deeply, being well nigh in a starving condition, because they were too peaceable to awaken the fears of the nation, and the Government had not then adopted this principle of equity which is now very generally received: "When a civi...lized people deprive the uncivilized possessors of the soil, of their food and clothing, bountifully provided for them by their Creator, the civilized people are bound to subsist and clothe the un- civilized until they can be made self-supporting. " The hunting-grounds of the Ponkas had been circumscribed, and their game destroyed or driven beyond their reach ; w'hilst raising Indian corn in a rude w^ay was the only means of subsistence known to them, and on this article of diet alone no human being can healthfully subsist.
User Reviews: