Young People's Story of the Greater Republic; From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time..
The book Young People's Story of the Greater Republic; From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time.. was written by author Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909 Here you can read free online of Young People's Story of the Greater Republic; From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time.. book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Young People's Story of the Greater Republic; From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time.. a good or bad book?
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None of the deadly weapons of civilization or skill in their use would avail, and the blood of eighty millions of whites would atone for the wrongs done to the red race. Within a few months the belief in this new religion spread from tribe to tribe with marvellous rapidity. Runners traversed thousands of miles to reach distant tribes and bear the glad tidings. The Arrapahoes, the Shoshones, the great Sioux tribes, the Cheyennes, both north and south, and many other tribes, were taught the faith...; and the "ghost-dance," the religious ceremony of the creed, was danced by all these tribes. Possessed by these superstitious notions, these extraordinary beliefs, the powerful tribe of Sioux began and continued to perform their fantastic ghost-dances. Sitting-Bull, the old deadl}^ foe of the white men, took advantage of the craze to inflame the anger of his people, and prepare for deeds of blood. The disquietude among the Sioux Indians resulting from Sitting-Bull's prophecy that a new Messiah was soon to appear to restore to the Indians the land taken from them by the pale-faces, and to bring back the buffalo, assumed such proportions that, on the 14th of November, the Interior 384 ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT HARRISON.
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