#indian

An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up. ↗

— George Catlin

#back #clean #deer #down #dress

I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname. ↗

— Jack K. Cooke

#i #indian #many #nickname #objection

Gandhi has more recently recognized the need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India and has suggested that these troops might remain by agreement with some new Indian Government. ↗

— Stafford Cripps

#american #british #chinese #continuance #efforts

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

#catch #enough #family #gone #himself

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

#first #give #government #indian #indians

The Indian is a human being. ↗

— George Crook

#human #human being #indian

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

#before #go #great #indians #looking

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

#civilization #complete #country #dishonor #equal

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#european #every #exciting #goes #i

When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place. ↗

— Christopher Gist

#among #away #came #family #five