The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
Vol. 8
"Thomas Hart Benton"- "Gouverneur Morris"
Pages 156 & 157
",,,We usually group all our Indian Wars together, in
speaking of their justice or injustice; and thereby show
flagrant ignorance. The Sioux and Cheyennes, for
instance, have more often been sinning than sinned
against; for example, the so called Chivington or Sandy
Creek Massacre, in spite of certain most objectionable
details, was on the whole as righteous and beneficial a
deed as ever took place on the frontier. On the other
hand, the most cruel wrongs have been perpetrated by
whites upon perfectly peaceable and unoffending tribes
like those of California, or the Nez Perces. Yet the
emasculated professional humanitarians mourn as much
over one set of Indians as over the other--and indeed, on
all points connected with Indian management, are as
untrustworthy and unsafe leaders as would be an equal
number of the most brutal white borderers. "
Vol. 8
"Thomas Hart Benton"- "Gouverneur Morris"
Pages 156 & 157
",,,We usually group all our Indian Wars together, in
speaking of their justice or injustice; and thereby show
flagrant ignorance. The Sioux and Cheyennes, for
instance, have more often been sinning than sinned
against; for example, the so called Chivington or Sandy
Creek Massacre, in spite of certain most objectionable
details, was on the whole as righteous and beneficial a
deed as ever took place on the frontier. On the other
hand, the most cruel wrongs have been perpetrated by
whites upon perfectly peaceable and unoffending tribes
like those of California, or the Nez Perces. Yet the
emasculated professional humanitarians mourn as much
over one set of Indians as over the other--and indeed, on
all points connected with Indian management, are as
untrustworthy and unsafe leaders as would be an equal
number of the most brutal white borderers. "