Response to "a century of dishonor"

In the excerpt from Helen hunt Jackson's " a century of dishonor" she tells the story of the peaceable Poncar Indian tribe, and the governments mistreatment of them. In this excerpt She uses numerous quotes blended in with her own words to tell 60 years of this peoples dealings with the government. Miss Jackson uses words like destitution and desperation to help the reader understand the felling of hopelessness felt on the Poncar reservation. This passage shows the unwillingness on the part of the government to act upon the treaties made with the natives, and the heinous acts committed by the seventh Iowa.