Simple Mind Quotes by George Crook

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George Crook has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty…
• If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom…
• The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room…
• When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says.
• We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians…
• The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their…
• During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before…
• When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of…
• I at once commenced the ascent through a shower of arrows.
• It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his…
• All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away; they are…
• Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things…

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