Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century
CHAPTER XXXII
The Indian in the Nineteenth Century
Our Relations and Obligations to the Indian--Conflict between Two Civilizations--Indian Bureau--Government Policy--Treaties--Reservation Plan--Removals Under It--Indian Wars--Plan of Concentration--Disturbance and Fighting--Plan of Education and Absorption--Its Commencement--Present Condition of Indians--Nature of Education and Results--Land in Severalty Law--Missionary Effort--Necessity and Duty of Absorption 468