Nelson A. Miles Quotes

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• 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…
• The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.
• 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…
• Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and…
• 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…
• The Indians, however, could not migrate from one part of the United States to another; neither could they obtain employment as readily as white people,…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord…
• The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south…
• 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…
• 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.
• No administration could stop the tidal wave of immigration that swept over the land; no political party could restrain or control the enterprise of our…

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