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. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
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. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
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. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
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. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
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. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man. Nelson A. Miles Read Quote
