When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says.
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Some people think the Indians do not understand these things, but they do, and fully appreciate the circumstances in which they are placed.George Crook
The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical.
George Crook
The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years.
George Crook
During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village.
George Crook
When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out.
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The buffalo is all gone, and an Indian can't catch enough jack rabbits to subsist himself and his family, and then, there aren't enough jack rabbits to catch. What are they to do?
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