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This was a massacre of men, women and children of a friendly band of Indians, and was one of the main causes of bringing into arms against the United States every tribe of Indians south of the Yellowstone.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “This was a massacre of men, women and children of a friendly band of Indians, and was one of the main causes of bringing…”
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Dodge highlights the tragic consequences of a massacre of Native Americans during the American Indian Wars.
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They evidently have no desire to learn about these things, but want some excuse for attacking our Army, hoping thereby to bring dishonor upon our country before the world.
I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.
It is the duty of every companion here, as well as of every good citizen, to enter his protest against these unjust attacks.
The right side is beginning to get a hearing, and when the facts and causes for the action of the Army are generally known, it will be found that our Army is as humane and well-behaved a body of troops as ever went into a foreign country…
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