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Colonel McKenney’s New Book upon the Indians

Thomas Loraine McKenney (1793–1868)

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I. Childhood
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III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York
VI. Europe1record
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Colonel McKenney’s New Book upon the Indians.

“Colonel McKenney’s New Book upon the Indians.”
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“The following letter relates to the forthcoming work of Col. McKenney, and refers to the last division of this work, headed “PRESERVATION OF THE INDIANS.”
“I have seen nothing relative to that great National difficulty in which the United States have become involed, in their Indian relations, to compare in point of wisdom, benevolence and efficiency, with the ‘Plan’ proposed by Col.”
“We have read some portion of this work in the proof sheets, and claim the attention of the public to the appeal it makes and the scheme it proposes in behalf of benevolence and justice.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Colonel McKenney’s New Book upon the Indians." New-York Daily Tribune, 4 July 1846.