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Treaty with the Sioux Indians...   Much on the Black Hills...
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Treaty with the Sioux Indians... Much on the Black Hills...

Item # 699967 ·

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 9, 1875  Page 3 has: "The Black Hills" "The Treaty With the Sioux" "How the Indians Were Persuaded to Make the Treaty--Wisdom of Their Action in Saying Cattle". This is followed by: "Character of the Country" "General Diffusion of Small Quantities of Gold Over a Large Area--One-Third of the Hills Covered with Heavy Timber--The Soil Rich & Deep".
Page 4 has most of a column taken up with an editorial on: "The Indian Negotiations".

Background: This 1875 edition of the New York Tribune is a high-stakes time capsule capturing the exact moment the fuse was lit for the Great Sioux War. While the headlines boast of "Rich & Deep" soil and "Heavy Timber," they serve as a thin veil for the Black Hills Gold Rush that was currently violating federal law and desecrating sacred Lakota land. The reportage on the Sioux's "wisdom" in demanding cattle reveals a desperate, strategic pivot by indigenous leaders to ensure their people's survival as the buffalo disappeared, set against a backdrop of failed government negotiations that would, within months, lead to the "ultimatum" of 1876. To own this paper is to hold the primary source evidence of the greed and diplomatic maneuvering that directly precipitated the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the fall of the American Frontier—it is not just news; it is the blueprint for a turning point in world history.
 

Ten pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$34
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.