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  • Savages as they were, natural right was on their side, and many of the whites opposed to them were more savage and inhuman than the worst of the redskinned barbarians.

    The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Henry Mann

  • Then, too, this redskinned statesman realized in his way that the best way to prevent war was to be ready for it.

    Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola Edson Leone Whitney

  • This was all that he could obtain from one who called himself a Christian, but who allowed prejudice and obstinacy to steel his heart -- which to one of his own nation would have opened at once -- to the sufferings of his redskinned brother.

    Choice Readings for the Home Circle Anonymous

  • A number of times during the night we would build up a fire and then go a hundred yards or so from it and lie down to rest, but the redskinned devils kept close to us, and, conseqently, we got but little rest during the night.

    Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains Drannan, William F 1899

  • With the others fell back Bruno, leaving his hand-wood lying beside the lifeless corpse of his redskinned brother-at-heart, but drawing forth the weapon which he knew so much better how to use.

    The Lost City 1898

  • With the others fell back Bruno, leaving his hand-wood lying beside the lifeless corpse of his redskinned brother-at-heart, but drawing forth the weapon which he knew so much better how to use.

    The Lost City 1878

  • A number of times during the night we would build up a fire and then go a hundred yards or so from it and lie down to rest, but the redskinned devils kept close to us, and, consequently, we got but little rest during the night.

    Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains William F. Drannan 1872

  • The redskinned thieves also drove off the stock from the different stations, and were continually lying in wait for the passing stages and Pony Express riders, so that we had to take many desperate chances in running the gauntlet.

    The Great Salt Lake Trail Henry Inman 1868

  • a procession of all the colonists after vespers, to the admiration of the redskinned beholders.

    The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Francis Parkman 1858

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