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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Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.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.
Nelson A. Miles
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 philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds.
Nelson A. Miles
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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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 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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