Yeah, I'm familiar with the article, and like I said last time, I'm still not sure what events you're alluding to.
Even the author of the article is pointing out this his opinions of the activities of Laura's father are speculation:
The Osages were hungry because white men such as her father were burning their fields, forcing them at gunpoint from their homes and threatening them with death if they returned, stealing their food and horses, even robbing their graves—all to force them to abandon their land. There is no proof, of course, that Charles Ingalls took part in these crimes, but I assume that he did, since he was sleazy enough to willfully steal their land, their most valuable possession.
Additionally, even in the words of author of the article, Laura doesn't hide it in the novel that they're living on Reservation land.
He unabashedly told little Laura, trying to explain why he had moved the family to the Osage reservation, that because they and other whites were there, the Army would drive the Indians away.
It's a pretty big article; is there something else that I'm missing, that you're referring to?
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Even the author of the article is pointing out this his opinions of the activities of Laura's father are speculation:
The Osages were hungry because white men such as her father were burning their fields, forcing them at gunpoint from their homes and threatening them with death if they returned, stealing their food and horses, even robbing their graves—all to force them to abandon their land. There is no proof, of course, that Charles Ingalls took part in these crimes, but I assume that he did, since he was sleazy enough to willfully steal their land, their most valuable possession.
Additionally, even in the words of author of the article, Laura doesn't hide it in the novel that they're living on Reservation land.
He unabashedly told little Laura, trying to explain why he had moved the family to the Osage reservation, that because they and other whites were there, the Army would drive the Indians away.
It's a pretty big article; is there something else that I'm missing, that you're referring to?