Introduction -- Beginnings -- Militias and mosquitoes -- People, policy, and bureaucracy -- The problem with Indian Territory -- Lincoln and the Dakota -- Peopling and unpeopling the West -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Traces Lincoln's family history, his early years, and how they shaped--and may have shaped--his attitudes toward Native Americans.
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