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George Crook
George Crook
American Soldier
Born: Sep 8, 1828
Died: Mar 21, 1890
Away Government Indian Try White Will
Related authors: Chesty Puller Douglas MacArthur George S. Patton John Paul Jones Norman Schwarzkopf Robert E. Lee William H. McRaven William Tecumseh Sherman
The buffalo is all gone, and an Indian can't catch enough jack rabbits to subsist himself and his family, and then, there aren't enough jack rabbits to catch. What are they to do? George Crook
Family Gone Enough Indian Catch Buffalo Himself His Jack Subsist Rabbits Then
All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away; they are left to starve, and there remains but one thing for them to do - fight while they can. George Crook
Game Fight Starve Sides Destroyed Tribes Tell One Thing Remains Driven Left Surrounded Same Same Story Story While Them Away Thing
When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out. George Crook
Out Shaft Remained Remains Head Couple Still Were Arrow Blood Leg Where Inches Pulled
During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village. George Crook
Strong Before Elsewhere Location Tried Obliged Through Throw Had Supposed Force Gotten Canon Engagement Use Village
When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says. George Crook
Food Care Else Once Says Secure Indian Sees He Does His Chief Any
The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical. George Crook
Great Spiritual Mistake People Welfare Looking Before Indians Physical Make Go After
First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot. George Crook
Politics Government First Those Out Indian Indians Give Laws Take Ballot Same Whites Second Third
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
Try Will Country Past Complete Our Immediately Must Indian Civil Indians Laws Civilization Shame Take True Soon Equal Force Him Source Question Just Form Dishonor Patriots Thing Guaranteeing
The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years. George Crook
You Men Seen Year Few White Every Birds Enough Elsewhere East Out Must Come Like Coming Go West Years Eggs Room Them Last Last Few Years

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