Title page

The title page of the book has the title A CENTURY OF DISHONOR in bold text. Directly below this is the subtitle A SKETCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S DEALINGS WITH SOME OF THE INDIAN TRIBES in smaller, regular text. Following the title is the author"s name, Helen Jackson (H.H.). Immediately beneath this in much smaller text is a listing of some other works by the author, including her famous book Ramona. Also, on the title page is the following quote by Governor Horatio Seymour:

Every human being born upon our continent or who comes here from any quarter of the world, whether savage or civilized, can go to our courts for protection--except those who belong to the tribes who once owned this country. The cannibal from the islands of the Pacific, the worst criminals from Europe, Asia or Africa, can appeal to the law and courts for their rights of person and property--all, save our native Indians, who, above all, should be protected from wrong.

Seymour was a prominent Democratic politician and former governor of New York. He unsuccessfully ran for president against former President U.S. Grant.

Finally, towards the bottom of the title page is a notation stating the following:

New, Enlarged by the Addition of the Report on the Needs of the Mission Indians of California.

This is immediately followed by the place of publication (Boston), the publishers (Roberts Brothers), and the date of publication for this edition (1887).