Step by step a powerful and enterprising race has driven them back from the Atlantic to the West until at last there is scarcely a spot of ground upon which the Indians have any certainty of maintaining a permanent abode.

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.

One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man.

These are hallowed moments, when every American has reason to express his gratitude to Almighty God that it has been our good fortune to witness the light of this auspicious morn.

If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races.

Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking.