“Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.”
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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
