Courtesy of The Library of Congress
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s letter to John Sherman
Sept. 23, 1868
“…But the more we can kill this year, the less will have to be killed the
next war. For the more I see of these Indians the more convinced am I
that they have all to be killed, or be maintained as a species of paupers.”
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General William Tecumseh Sherman’s letter to John Sherman
Sept. 23, 1868
“…But the more we can kill this year, the less will have to be killed the
next war. For the more I see of these Indians the more convinced am I
that they have all to be killed, or be maintained as a species of paupers.”
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