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the Indian Quotes and Quotations
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As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way. Stephen Ambrose | top
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These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri. William Henry Ashley | top
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The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them. Buffalo Bill | top
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It is not yet too late for the Indian people to decide on rapid, ordered progress. I can assure them that the British people are as determined upon self-government for India as they are themselves. Stafford Cripps | top
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If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government. George Crook | top
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The Indian is a human being. George Crook | top
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We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past. George Crook | top
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No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people. Charles Eastman | top
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The Indians gave up the land of their own free will, and for it received brass kettles, blankets, guns, shirts, flints, tobacco, rum and many trinkets in which their simple hearts delighted. Patrick Gordon | top
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it. Zane Grey | top
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I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical. Emmylou Harris | top
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone. Sam Houston | top
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The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals. Ellsworth Huntington | top
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If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful. Helen Hunt Jackson | top
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. Chief Joseph | top
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The Indian race are waiting and praying. Chief Joseph | top
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Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.' Pauline Kael | top
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Great numbers of the Indians pass our camp on their hunting excursions: the day was clear and pleasant, but last night was very cold and there was a white frost. Meriwether Lewis | top
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I made a habit always to hear the Indians; and although they very often lie to me, I do not show them any displeasure for it, for I do not believe them and I do not decide anything until I have found out the truth. Antonio de Mendoza | top
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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 | top
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Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation. Nelson A. Miles | top
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There are many men - such as those often to be found among the Indians - who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones. Agnes Smedley | top
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And our big theme has been, you have made so much progress, we urge you on with the openings and market openings that have occurred. They clearly work and continuing on that path will produce further growth and further opportunities for the Indian people. John W. Snow | top
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Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things. Jeremy Spencer | top
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Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history. Fred Willard | top