Occupation: Soldier Birth: August 8, 1839 Death: May 15, 1925
It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed..
On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be a….
A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of….
If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both ….
These are hallowed moments, when every American has reason to express his gratitude to Almighty God that it has been our good fortune to witness the ….
One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian a….
Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation..
The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage a….
The Indians, however, could not migrate from one part of the United States to another; neither could they obtain employment as readily as white peopl….
If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might trav….
Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different trib….
The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we ….
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage..
The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull venture….
For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare..
Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking..
To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two partie….
Step by step a powerful and enterprising race has driven them back from the Atlantic to the West until at last there is scarcely a spot of ground upo….