For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.

- Nelson A. Miles

The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull venture…

- Nelson A. Miles

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…

- Nelson A. Miles

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…

- Nelson A. Miles

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.

- Nelson A. Miles

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…

- Nelson A. Miles

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 …

- Nelson A. Miles

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…

- Nelson A. Miles

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.

- Nelson A. Miles