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Native American massacres  

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  • According to President Abraham Lincoln, the difference between a “massacre” and a “battle” is that there is wanton killing of noncombatants in a massacre. The concept of an Indian massacre might conjure the notion of the slaughter of White settlers or Indian ambushes of military personnel of the U.S. government. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Native American Massacres]

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