Prologue: the experiment -- Breaking the ties -- Policy: kill the Indians -- Menominees: ambush -- Klamaths: disaster -- Western Oregon: invisible -- Alabama-Coushattas of Texas and Catawbas of South Carolina: entangled -- Utah Paiute bands: helpless -- California: scattered -- Oklahoma tribes and Poncas of Nebraska: afterthoughts -- The way back -- Menominees: pioneers -- Siletz: fish -- Oklahoma and Utah: flood -- Cow Creeks and Grand Rondes: communities -- Klamaths: troubles -- Coos and Coquilles: cooperating -- Alabama-Coushattas and California: legalities -- Catawbas and Poncas: last -- Epilogue: the results