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White Eagle edited by Lorrie Montiero
WHITE EAGLE'S STATEMENT REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PONCA INDIANS FROM DAKOTA TERRITORY TO THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
Indian Territory, May 20, 1879
The following statement was made to me by White Eagle, the head chief of the Ponca tribe. I translated it into English for him and give it just as he gave it to me. My father and I had been sent by Mr. T.H. Tibbles to the Ponca Reserve to find out the condition of the tribe, and gather all the information we could. They told us of many things of which we could not tell the half, and White Eagle asked me to write this statement for him so that it could be read by all the white people.
BRIGHT EYES [Susette La Flesche].
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