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Index
Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents I. Introduction II. The Indian System: “A Sink of Iniquity”
Lincoln and the Indian Patronage Institutionalized Corruption The Origins and Structure of the System The Money Machine The Indian Agent and Corruption A Pathway to Wealth and Power The Lincoln Administration and Corruption The Impact of the System on the Indians A System to Serve White Men
III. Lincoln and the Southern Tribes: “Our Great Father at Washington Has Turned Against Us”
Lincoln Abandons Indian Country The Confederacy Gains Some Allies Lincoln Changes His Mind Lincoln, Jim Lane, and Indian Troops Lincoln Decides to Use Indian Troops
IV. The Indian Expedition: “A Great Exhausting Affair”
The Project Collapses The Project Is Revived The Expedition Is Launched—and Aborted
V. Lincoln and the Refugees: “A Multitude of Cares”
John Ross Visits Lincoln Broken Promises and Kansas Politics Lincoln Refuses to Return the Refugees The Refugees Go Home
VI. Indian Affairs in Minnesota: “A System of Wholesale Robberies”
A Case Study in Corruption Money for Minnesota Minnesota Gets Investigated The Investigator Runs into Trouble Tragedy Ahead in Minnesota
VII. Rebellion in Minnesota: “A Most Terrible and Exciting Indian War”
A Confederate Conspiracy? “Attend to the Indians” Black Troops and an Indian War Lincoln Finds a General Prisoners to Fight Indians Corruption as Usual in Minnesota
VIII. Lincoln and the Sioux Executions: “I Could Not Afford to Hang Men for Votes”
General Pope Plans Executions Lincoln Inherits a Problem The Struggle Begins Lincoln Moves Toward a Decision Trading Lives for Land and Money The Executions
IX. Lincoln and Removal: “A Disagreeable Subject”
Money and Military Action The Winnebago Removal The Sioux Prisoners The Sioux Removal Lincoln and the Minnesota Indians
X. The President and the Reformers: “This Indian System Shall Be Reformed!”
The Commissioner and the Reformers Bishop Whipple Begins His Campaign Bishop Whipple Tries Again—with Lincoln Bishop Whipple and the Congressmen War and a Visit to the President The Executions and Reform Lincoln Supports Reform
XI. The Failure of Reform: “The Do Nothing Policy Here Is Complete”
Trouble for the Reform Movement The Chippewa Treaty Gen. John Pope and Indian Policy The Triumph of Concentration Congress Debates Indian Policy Bishop Whipple Gives Up on Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, Reformer?
XII. Concentration and Militarism: “Those Who Resist Should Be Pursued by the Military and Punished”
Dole and Concentration Policy Militarism and Indians Military Concentration in New Mexico Militarism in Colorado A Distracting Election Campaign Sand Creek and the Discrediting of Military Control
XIII. Lincolnian Attitudes Toward Indians: “A Dying Race … Giving Place to Another Race with a Higher Civilization”
The Indian as Savage Why Indians Are Degraded Make Him Like a White Man The Cornerstone of Civilization Lincoln and the Agrarian Myth Removal Ideology The Advance of Civilization Lincoln’s Program for the West A Dying Race Divided Minds over Indians Reformers Fail to Break the Chain
XIV. Lincoln and the Indians: “A Great Revolution in the Conduct of Our Indian Affairs”
A Revolution? Business as Usual in the Indian System The Reaction to Sand Creek Beyond Lincoln
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