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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 upon which the Indians have any certainty of maintaining a permanent abode.

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

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Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.

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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 people, and no reasonable man could desire to check the march of civilization.

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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 revengeful spirit.

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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.

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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 have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them.

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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 light of this auspicious morn.

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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, either upon or beyond the Indian reservations.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: August 8th, 1839

Died: May 15th, 1925

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