4 Nelson A. Miles People Quotes

Nelson A. Miles
” A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold. “


” 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. “


” Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people. “


” 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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A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.
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.


Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people.
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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