A New Edition. 12mo. pp. 514. Cloth. $1.50.
“The report made by Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Kinney is grave, concise, and
deeply interesting. It is added to the appendix of this new edition of
her book. In this California journey, Mrs. Jackson found the materials
for ‘Ramona,’ the Indian novel, which was the last important work of
her life, and in which nearly all the incidents are taken from life.
In the report of the Mission Indians will be found the story of the
Temecula removal and the tragedy of Alessandro’s death as they appear in
‘Ramona.’”—_Boston Daily Advertiser._
“A number of striking cases of breach of faith, heartless banishment
from homes confirmed to the Indians by solemn treaties, and wars
wantonly provoked in order to make an excuse for dispossessing them of
their lands, are grouped together, making a panorama of outrage and
oppression which will arouse the humanitarian instincts of the nation
to the point of demanding that justice shall be done toward our savage
wards.... ‘H. H.’ succeeds in holding up to the public eye a series of
startling pictures of Indian wrongs, drawn from a century of American
history.”—_New York Tribune._
Mrs. Jackson’s Letter of Gratitude to the President.
The following letter from Mrs. Jackson to the President was written by
her four days before her death, Aug. 12, 1885:—
_To_ GROVER CLEVELAND, _President of the United States_:
Dear Sir,—From my death-bed I send you a message of heartfelt
thanks for what you have already done for the Indians. I ask
you to read my “Century of Dishonor.” I am dying happier for
the belief I have that it is your hand that is destined to
strike the first steady blow toward lifting this burden of
infamy from our country, and righting the wrongs of the Indian
race.
With respect and gratitude,