MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING, IN ANSWER TO A SENATE RESOLUTION OF MARCH 15, 1875, INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE BLACK HILLS COUNTRY IN THE SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATION by Grant, Ulysses S - 1875

Paperback. Very Good.

Washington: GPO, 1876. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 10% until Monday, June 24 (sale item)* 125 pp., removed from a larger binding, else good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher or place. 1872. Presumed published by the US government in Washington, DC. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 20, 10 pp. Two parts of this report chronicling a gunfight and minor uprising of Cherokee in western Arkansas, surrounding the arrest and subsequent trial for murder, of Ezekiel Proctor. Proctor was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by birth, and his arrest for murder of a Cherokee woman from a prominent Cherokee family. This is now known as the Goingsnake Massacre. Proctor had killed Polly Beck, due to her associations with a white man. The trial was held in Cherokee tribal courts, due to treaties with the US government. The US, afraid Proctor would be acquitted sent marshals to the trial to arrest Proctor. During the trial, US marshals attacked the schoolhouse where it was held, with seven marshals killed, among others. These reports contain various accounts of the attack and aftermath. GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and wrinkling to… Read More

[Washington]: [Government Printing Office], 1876., 1876. First edition. First Edition. Disbound. 8pp. House of Representatives. 44th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 145. Merritt's report multiple causes starting with an under-allocation of actual needs, combined with claims that the deficiency is caused by feeding visiting Indians who belong to other agencies and also some of the "northern wild tribes". Fine.

[Washington D.C.]: [Government Printing Office], 1876. Softcover. Good. Disbound. Four signatures, two still attached to one another. 44th Congress, 1st Session. Ex Doc No 85. 54pp. Some small chips and tears to place that the binding once was. Some residue of pencil writing on first page to right upper corner (slightly erased). Rest of the pages are free from any notes or underlining. Good only. Full refund if not satisfied. This is from Wikipedia: "The Hamburg Massacre (or Red Shirt Massacre or Hamburg riot) was a key event in the African American town of Hamburg, South Carolina, in July 1876, leading up to the last election season of the Reconstruction Era. It was the first of a series of civil disturbances planned and carried out by white Democrats in the majority-black Republican Edgefield District, with the goal of suppressing black voting, disrupting Republican meetings, and suppressing black Americans civil rights, through actual and threatened violence...Over 100 white men attacked… Read More

[Washington, D.C.]: [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1874. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Very good copies with light soiling; first part chipped on top and fore edge of front wrapper; Part 2 stitching loose.. 23 pp.; 43 pp. 8vo. 43d Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. 229, including part 2. OCLC locates 6 print copies of part 1 and 1 of part 2.