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If the Government had treated the Indians as a ward that they were bound to protect, as the English did, they would have had very little trouble in handling them.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “If the Government had treated the Indians as a ward that they were bound to protect, as the English did, they would have…”
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Dodge argues that a protective approach towards Native Americans, similar to British practices, would have led to fewer conflicts.
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I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.
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.
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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