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17 quotes by George Crook

George R. Crook (September 8, 1830 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook Nantan Lupan, which means "Grey Wolf."
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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... →

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I at once commenced the ascent through a shower of arrows.

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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... →

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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... →

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It may be, however, that I am too much wedded to my own views in the matter, and as I have spent nearly eight years of the hardest work of my life in... →

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The Indian is a human being.

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It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he... →

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It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been... →

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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... →

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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... →

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The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical.

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But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes.

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When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says.

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