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"When people want to slaughter cattle they drive them along until they get them to a corral, and then they slaughter them. So it was with us." Dee Brown’s is a fully documented account of the annihilation of the American Indians in the late 1800s ending at th ....

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.... Indians endured. Brown has made sure to include songs, quotes, and portraits throughout the entire book. Unlike books with strictly text, these features concretely show and describe the Indians situation. The songs give a feeling of the Indians culture. The quotes stand off the pages an give an idea of what the Indians were experiencing, while the pictures show what words can’t even help you to picture in your mind. They give you a true sense of there culture and make images of atrocities stick out in your mind, leaving a lasting impression that no words can describe. helps to open a door into our past. It forces us to look at the dark ....