Indianapolis, Indiana is the first place in the United States of Ameri…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Indianapolis, Indiana is the first place in the United States of America where a white man was hanged for the murder of an Indian. The kind of people who'll hang a white man for murdering an Indian--that's the kind of people for me. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2007). The Sirens of Titan, p.321, Dial Press
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Indianapolis, Indiana is the first place in the United States of America where a white man was hanged for the murder of an Indian. The kind of people who'll hang a white man for murdering an Indian--that's the kind of people for me. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2007). The Sirens of Titan, p.321, Dial Press

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