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mo, mo, he 7 + . ft 4 i a abet Date: wicket nL Ae tates Oe “3 ‘Seotiand, in 1680, have played an active role ina movement, which! —. * ile proclaiming freedoms, brutally drove out and murdered the : 7-3 , tive peoples of this country, to take over their lands for the Z {+ _gple purpose of profit.? In later years, the Hearst famlly,° due : to their support and part In the western expansion movement (Mani~ _ fest Destiny)which attacked Indian and Mexican people, benefitted through the robbery and exploitation of the natural resources which -belona to the native inhabitans of this land, As recent Immiqrants in 1680, the John Hearst If family had i already claimed ownershin to ten acres of land and nine slaves. In 1727, John Hearst 111 family migrated to South Carolina claiming extensive land holdings which later became known as ! Abberville County, one of the fargest counties in the state, |! | After the United States aovernment's purchase of Indian lands | from France (the Loulstana Purchase), the William Hearst famity, following the Danie! Boone path throuch Kentucky, settled in See | Franklyn County Missourl In 1808.'2 By tne use of staves and claims of Jand the Hearst family bullt a small empire based on tivestock, . | Willlam Hearst bacame first lieutenant of the Missouri militia which waned armed camnatans against the Indian people. During | this period Wittlam Hearst's claims grew to 800 acres. i Refore his death Wii!iam Hearst incurred a debt of $10,000 because of his campaion against Mexico, in which he advocated the a t take-over of the present southwest reaion from Maxico, This cam palan tater resulted in the HNexican-American War and the app!ita~ tion of Manifest Destiny to Mexican and Indian people In the : southwestern United States. 14 * Hls hetr, George Hearst, in three years was able to repay his father's debt trom the plunder of coprer and lead mines which he sfote from Indian people throuohout the state of Missouri. "The Gold Rush in California attracted the Hearst exploiters ; 7 and for ten years they Jucratively. speculated with stolen. _ eT / ry | | a ee ee ee tment ey California tand, ot The Hearst family's tentacles reached into the arowing mining business,with their principal investment goino into the Comstock _ Lodo In Utah and the sliver sulphite mines in Callfornia, which oo . ware some of the richest mines in the west. Their exp foitation a reached the Souix nation in the black hills of South Dakota with their ventures Into the Horestock mines, and later, their expan= sion Into the Anaconda Hills which had drastic results for the . Indigenous people. . ae ‘ : - at en came acme seme tne aE a et ee Ee eet ne Re eee ee ae meat fhe 8 ma a Sr ree oes so : a * . . a AD RETNA TE B. ang TaN veep ye pUshid sistas tb bee ~ —— a i RE al ee ee 4 = die can Aaiietieatiaiaio’ OS FF Tt LMS hg oa ee een .. A “ et Ss