In the preface to The Great Indian Chief of the West: Or Life and Adventures of Black Hawk, Benjamin Drake shared with the reader the hope that his book might "contribute to awaken the public mind to a sense of the wrongs inflicted upon the Indians, and to arouse the Christian statesmen of this land to the adoption of a more liberal, upright and benevolent course of policy towards them." Of course, that benevolent course of policy was never adopted. Between the Black Hawk War of 1832 and the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, numerous wars, campaigns, and massacres took place west of the...
In the preface to The Great Indian Chief of the West: Or Life and Adventures of Black Hawk, Benjamin Drake shared with the reader the hope that his bo...
Benjamin Drake (1795 -1841) was a historian, editor, and writer from Kentucky. Benjamin co-founded and for seven years was the editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle. Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk begins, "The Indians are frequently denounced as faithless, ferocious and untameable. Without going into the inquiry, how far this charge is founded in truth, the question may be asked, has not the policy of our government contributed, essentially, to impart to them that character? Have we not more frequently met them in bad faith, than in a Christian spirit? and...
Benjamin Drake (1795 -1841) was a historian, editor, and writer from Kentucky. Benjamin co-founded and for seven years was the editor of the Cincinna...
