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" I believe that an Indian can learn all that is in the books of the white man, so that he may be equal to them in the ways of the mind!" I studied harder than most of the boys. Missionaries were poor, and the Government policy of education for the Indian... "
From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian - Page 50
by Charles A. Eastman - 1916 - 206 pages
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Native American Autobiography: An Anthology

Arnold Krupat - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 566 pages
...four walls and set to pick out words of three letters we were like novices upon snow-shoes—often flat on the ground. I hardly think I was ever tired...from Santee to Beloit to begin my serious studies. A Doctor among the Indians The Pine Ridge Indian agency was a bleak and desolate looking place in those...
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Native American Autobiography: An Anthology

Arnold Krupat - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 566 pages
...forefathers had roamed and hunted for untold ages, as it whirled and danced around the sun in space—I felt that my foothold was deserting me. All my savage...end. I did not go back to my home, but in September, 1876,I started from Santee to Beloit to begin my serious studies. A Doctor among the Indians The Pine...
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The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa): Light on the Indian World

Charles A. Eastman - History - 2007 - 266 pages
...only two days' illness. He was still in the prime of life and a tireless worker. This was a severe 170 shock to me, but I felt even more strongly that I...did not go back to my home, but in September, 1876, 1 started from San tee to Beloit to begin my serious studies. College Life in the West The journey...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 108

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - American literature - 1904 - 1084 pages
...was still in the prime of life and tireless in all his work. It was a severe shock to me, but I felt that I must carry out his wishes. It was clear that he who had sought me out among the wild tribes of the Northwest and set my feet in the white man's road should be obeyed. I did not return to my home,...
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