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In the year of 1492, when Christopher Columbus first set foot on
the soil of "THE NEW WORLD," there were an approximated, though
unconfirmed, six million Native Indians, of differing tribal
cultures, and systems, spread all across what is now America, and
Canada. By the years end of 1890, when the rifle and cannon had
fallen silent, and the sabres safely sheathed, and the bow, lance,
and tomahawk were finally thrown to the ground in defeat. That
figure had been reduced to a mere, staggering, two hundred and
fifty thousand souls. Many, many of their number had died between
the years of 1860 and 1890, the period covered within these pages.
Most of these souls, drawing their final breath, under a false
belief, that to live in a land no longer their own, and to adopt a
culture totally alien to them, would, after all their suffering, be
of immense value to them. Those Indians voices, that had helped the
first settlers to survive their first winter in "the new world,
had, by the year of 1890, been reduced from a roar, to a mere
whisper on the wind. In the year of 1492, when Christopher Columbus
first set foot on the soil of "THE NEW WORLD," there were an
approximated, though unconfirmed, six million Native Indians, of
differing tribal cultures, and systems, spread all across what is
now America, and Canada. By the years end of 1890, when the rifle
and cannon had fallen silent, and the sabres safely sheathed, and
the bow, lance, and tomahawk were finally thrown to the ground in
defeat. that figure had been reduced to a mere, staggering, two
hundred and fifty thousand souls. Many, many of their number had
died between the years of 1860 and 1890, the period covered within
these pages. Most of these souls, drawing their final breath, under
a forced but false belief, that to live in a land no longer their
own, and to adopt a culture totally alien to them, would, after all
their suffering, be of immense value to them. Those Indians voices,
that had helped the first settlers to survive their first winter in
"the new world, had, by the year of 1890, been reduced from a roar,
to a mere whisper on the wind.
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