1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
- Magna Charta; Blackstone; Mayflower Compact, Part 1, by Mark LiddleMagna Charta; Blackstone; Mayflower Compact, Part 2, by Mark Liddle
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
- Charles I and the Scotch-Irish, by Joe Morecraft III, Part 1,
- Charles I: Tyrant and Oppressor, by Joe Morecraft III, Part 2,
- Charles I: Tyrant and Revolutionary, by Joe Morecraft III, Part 3,
- Charles I and the Westminster Assembly, by Joe Morecraft III, Part 4
- Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, by Joe Morecraft III, Part 5
Recommended podcast: Portland Street Preaching - Cinco de Mayo, by Chuck O'Neal
1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
Consider the following articles I found on the Web:
"Vast portions of five U.S. states — North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana — are Indian land according to a treaty to which the American government voluntarily assented. The highest legal authority in the United States has acknowledged that a significant portion of the land in question is rightfully Lakota. The American government refuses to return that land....Americans have unjustly taken vast tracts of land. This President's Day, let's uphold our treaties and return it." - North Dakota Has Way, Way, Way More Oil Than We Thought
"This war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land from us without price." - Teaching With Documents - The Sioux Treaty of 1868
"In 1805 the Dakota ceded 100,000 acres of land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. U.S. Army Lt. Zebulon Pike negotiated the agreement so the U.S. government could build a military fort there. Of the seven Indian leaders present at the negotiations, only two signed the treaty. Pike valued the land at $200,000, but no specific dollar amount was written into the treaty. At the signing, he gave the Indian leaders gifts whose total value was $200. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty, agreeing to pay only $2,000 for the land. Generally, the Indians who signed treaties did not read English. They had to rely on interpreters who were paid by the U.S. government. It is uncertain whether they were aware of the exact terms of the treaties they signed." (emphasis mine) - The US - Dakota war of 1862
"Suppose your Great Father wanted your lands and did not want a treaty for your good; he could come with 100,000 men and drive you off to the Rocky Mountains."
Luke Lea, U.S. negotiator, Treaty of Mendota, 18511805: In 1805 the Dakota ceded 100,000 acres of land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. U.S. Army Lt. Zebulon Pike negotiated the agreement so the U.S. government could build a military fort there. Of the seven Indian leaders present at the negotiations, only two signed the treaty.
Pike valued the land at $200,000, but no specific dollar amount was written into the treaty. At the signing, he gave the Indian leaders gifts whose total value was $200. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty, agreeing to pay only $2,000 for the land.
Luke Lea, U.S. negotiator, Treaty of Mendota, 18511805: In 1805 the Dakota ceded 100,000 acres of land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. U.S. Army Lt. Zebulon Pike negotiated the agreement so the U.S. government could build a military fort there. Of the seven Indian leaders present at the negotiations, only two signed the treaty.
Pike valued the land at $200,000, but no specific dollar amount was written into the treaty. At the signing, he gave the Indian leaders gifts whose total value was $200. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty, agreeing to pay only $2,000 for the land.
But while [some] Americans dealt deceitfully with the Native Americans, they did bring them the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And all the money in the world can't even come close to that. I would like to recommend the following sermon to every man, every women, every boy or girl who has any Native American blood running in their veins:
Recommended listening:
1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
Consider the following articles I found on the Web:
"Vast portions of five U.S. states — North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana — are Indian land according to a treaty to which the American government voluntarily assented. The highest legal authority in the United States has acknowledged that a significant portion of the land in question is rightfully Lakota. The American government refuses to return that land....Americans have unjustly taken vast tracts of land. This President's Day, let's uphold our treaties and return it." - North Dakota Has Way, Way, Way More Oil Than We Thought
"This war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land from us without price." - Teaching With Documents - The Sioux Treaty of 1868
"In 1805 the Dakota ceded 100,000 acres of land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. U.S. Army Lt. Zebulon Pike negotiated the agreement so the U.S. government could build a military fort there. Of the seven Indian leaders present at the negotiations, only two signed the treaty. Pike valued the land at $200,000, but no specific dollar amount was written into the treaty. At the signing, he gave the Indian leaders gifts whose total value was $200. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty, agreeing to pay only $2,000 for the land. Generally, the Indians who signed treaties did not read English. They had to rely on interpreters who were paid by the U.S. government. It is uncertain whether they were aware of the exact terms of the treaties they signed." (emphasis mine) - The US - Dakota war of 1862
"Suppose your Great Father wanted your lands and did not want a treaty for your good; he could come with 100,000 men and drive you off to the Rocky Mountains."
Luke Lea, U.S. negotiator, Treaty of Mendota, 18511805: In 1805 the Dakota ceded 100,000 acres of land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. U.S. Army Lt. Zebulon Pike negotiated the agreement so the U.S. government could build a military fort there. Of the seven Indian leaders present at the negotiations, only two signed the treaty.
Pike valued the land at $200,000, but no specific dollar amount was written into the treaty. At the signing, he gave the Indian leaders gifts whose total value was $200. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty, agreeing to pay only $2,000 for the land.
Luke Lea, U.S. negotiator, Treaty of Mendota, 18511805: In 1805 the Dakota ceded 100,000 acres of land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. U.S. Army Lt. Zebulon Pike negotiated the agreement so the U.S. government could build a military fort there. Of the seven Indian leaders present at the negotiations, only two signed the treaty.
Pike valued the land at $200,000, but no specific dollar amount was written into the treaty. At the signing, he gave the Indian leaders gifts whose total value was $200. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty, agreeing to pay only $2,000 for the land.
But while [some] Americans dealt deceitfully with the Native Americans, they did bring them the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And all the money in the world can't even come close to that. I would like to recommend the following sermon to every man, every women, every boy or girl who has any Native American blood running in their veins:
Recommended listening:
- The Ballad of Ira Hayes
- America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
- The Life of David Brainard: Apostle to the Indians, by Jonathan Edwards
