Lex Talioni : the Indian law : Knas-waw-kay alluded to

Description:	Lex Talioni; the Indian Law. Knas-waw-kay alluded to (title from verso)AMs, 1 p. (on back of preprinted insurance form; newsclipping from [Lafayette] Daily Journal, Sept. 30 [no year] glued to side) Newspaper story describes a recent murder, the latest in a chain of six revenge killings.George Winters written commentary agrees that Indians have been guilty of horrible tortures and murders of white settlers, but whites have also done equally awful things. The law of retaliation is well established among the Indians, but a kind of court may rule that his life not be taken in revenge, if he can placate the relatives of the deceased with sufficient presents.
Created By:	Winter, George, 1810-1876;
Contributor(s):	Lafayette daily journal
Publisher:	Tippecanoe County Historical Association
Source:	http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm/ref/collection/gwinter/id/464
Collection:	George Winter
Copyright:	Images in the George Winter Collection should not be used without written permission from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association. To obtain reproduction rights and prices, contact the Tippecanoe County Historical Association at info@tippecanoehistory.org
Subjects:	Indians of North America Homicides Revenge Clippings

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