The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
The Indians, however, could not migrate from one part of the United States to another; neither could they obtain employment as readily… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation. — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
These are hallowed moments, when every American has reason to express his gratitude to Almighty God that it has been our good fortune to… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
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… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
Step by step a powerful and enterprising race has driven them back from the Atlantic to the West until at last there is scarcely… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
The Indians, however, could not migrate from one part of the United States to another; neither could they obtain employment as readily as white… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
