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BLY REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES INTO STRANGE LANDS, WHERE MANY HAD DIED IN HOPELESS ANGUISH. WHAT DID THESE TRIBES DO IN THEIR DEFENCE? YOU KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS THAN MEN IF THEY HAD SUBMITTED MEEKLY LIKE SLAVES TO THE AUTHORITY OF THIS ONE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AT WASHINGTON. THE NEZ PERCES RESISTED, AND THERE ARE NOW A FEEBLE REMNANT OF THEM LEFT IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY, TO WHICH THEY WERE FORCED TO GO. OF THE CHEYENNES WHO RESISTED NOT A MAN IS LEFT TO TELL THE TALE. WHAT DID THE PONCAS DO? THEY WENT INTO THE COURTS WITH THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN THEIR HAND, CLAIMING THEIR LIBERTY LIKE MEN. THIS ONE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SENT AN ORDER TO HIS ATTORNEY TO DISMISS THE CASE, THAT THEY WERE NOT PERSONS, AND WERE NOT EN-