PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
In offering this book to the American Public the publishers
have not failed to consider the fact that its author's views
of the relations existing between the White and Indian Races,
and the question of justice having been done the latter, will
not accord with those of many of our people. A view of
the case from the Red Man's stand-point is a novel one, and
although some features presented thereby might endanger
the repose of his conscience, yet it is a view which every
honest American should endeavor to obtain. Strong prejudices
exist against the Indian; how justly, it should be the
desire of all to ascertain. Without pen, type, press or other
means of public contradiction, explanation or defence, the
Indian helplessly suffers from the manufactured or garbled
statements of parties interested in keeping the public mind
darkened in regard to the truth. There are “two sides to
every story.” The White Man's version of his dealings with
the Indian has been for years repeated over and over again
to the public. The other side, with its exposition of injustice
and cruelty, has yet to be told. Of this side, in these
pages the author speaks. His life among the Indians and
his knowledge of their inner life fit him for the task, and it
is hoped and believed by his publishers, that a public, ever as
ready to receive the truth, will rejoice to avail itself of this
opportunity to look for once upon the doomed Indian, as
portrayed by a pen employed in his behalf.
To the American Edition, the Publishers have thought
proper to add an appendix, containing extracts from papers
accompanying the report of the commissioner of Indian affairs
in 1873, which go to sustain the position of our Author.
