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Friends of Indians, 1888

by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 27, 2026 | Alice Flether, Chief Joseph, Dawes Act, lorin mooruck

In 1888, a man named George Trumam Kercheval published “Lorin Mooruck; and Other Indian Stories.” The book’s preface is written by Bishop of Minnesota H. P. Whipple, and in it he laments the treatment of Indians, says that in his own visits in Indian Country he has...
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