Below is a short piece of news about the Ponca Indian's deputation to Washington regarding their new reservation.
This in an excerpt from an 1878 edition of the American Missionary which also carried news on native American Indians. As you
can see from the news below, the status of Indians was still an issue in those days. The value of these bits and pieces of information
today is that they show us undigested data about the daily life of people in those days, unlike the history books compiled with the agenda
of their authors. These are still news of the original events, not retrospective views.
A photograph of White Eagle from the Ponca tribe
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Meanwhile, the Ponca Indians have sent a deputation to Washington, to remonstrate with the President against their removal to a new reservation. They are a peaceful and civilized people, who cannot bear to leave the houses, schools and churches they have built and maintained. The assurances which they received of restitution for their losses, and protection in their new homes, though liberally made and with honest intent, were a poor comfort to them in their enforced removal.
The Sioux on the War Path
The Ponca Indians' Complaint
Sitting Bull Inciting Unrest
Indians Becoming American Citizens
Difficulties in Dealing with Indians
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