PAWNEE INDIANS
\pˈɔːniː ˈɪndi͡ənz], \pˈɔːniː ˈɪndiənz], \p_ˈɔː_n_iː_ ˈɪ_n_d_iə_n_z]\
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For a long time inhabitants of Nebraska on the Platte, have always been friendly to the Americans. By a treaty in 1833 they sold lands south of the Nebraska. They were afterward attacked by the Sioux and their lands devastated. In. 1857 they sold more of their lands, but the Government did not protect them from further ravages of the Sioux.
By John Franklin Jameson
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