And sympathetic to them. First, i thought it was unique. I thought that was a prevailing point of view on the part of most of the army high command. I found that remarkable that we have empathy, empathy for the indians and circumstances and so that led me in to indian wars. The tiet sl not a quote. Its from my own imagination but derives from, you will find various combinations ofly ricks in indian songs of the period that we use for earth, mother earth, sad, weeping and depicting their situation in the west. Your sources, you began your study as the eyewitness to the indian wars. The book gives a balance view, maybe the first to give such a balance view of rights of indians. What were most valuable to you in researching this book. A particular value, i will speak principally of the indian side because the white sources are more apparent, army, dairies, reports, letters, in the indian side, there were a number of stenographers, professional and otherwise who took testimony from indian
And sympathetic to them. First, i thought it was unique. I thought that was a prevailing point of view on the part of most of the army high command. I found that remarkable that we have empathy, empathy for the indians and circumstances and so that led me in to indian wars. The tiet sl not a quote. Its from my own imagination but derives from, you will find various combinations ofly ricks in indian songs of the period that we use for earth, mother earth, sad, weeping and depicting their situation in the west. Your sources, you began your study as the eyewitness to the indian wars. The book gives a balance view, maybe the first to give such a balance view of rights of indians. What were most valuable to you in researching this book. A particular value, i will speak principally of the indian side because the white sources are more apparent, army, dairies, reports, letters, in the indian side, there were a number of stenographers, professional and otherwise who took testimony from indian
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