Claims of the Delaware Indians

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Excerpt from Claims of the Delaware Indians: Memorial of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Showing the Services Rendered by Them to the United States in Various Wars, June 24, 1921Ohio and Indiana have reason to proclaim a Brotherhood to these true and loyal Americans as this territory was thrown open by them to the Continental army, and thus gave our Revolutionary fathers an advantage that was theirs as a matter of concession rather than a matter Of right.Florida should have kindly remembrance for them, for after the Seminole War had cost the United States government about thirty thousand lives and had continued for many months, the Delawares gave to our government the services Of one hundred eighty-six (186) Of their skilled warriors, who acted as scouts and guides, and countered the Seminoles in the Everglades in battle of their own kind, and in so doing brought to a close that war within Sixty (60) days from their entrance into the campaign.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.