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 races.
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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.Nelson A. Miles
Replying to your long telegram, one point is of vital importance-the difficult Indian problem can not be solved permanently at this end of the line.
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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.
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The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.
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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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