About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

1 George Crook, Letter from General Crook on Giving the Ballot to Indians 5 (1885)

handle is hein.amindian/oncajindic0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LETTER FROM GENERAL CROOK ON GIVING THE BALLOT TO INDIANS. THE following letter from General George Crook, U. S. A., to the corresponding secretary of the Indian Rights Association, is worthy of the most careful attention. General Crook's great acquaintance with the disposition and condition of the Indian, his long experience with the different tribes, and his marked success in his treatment of the race, give his opinion a peculiar weight and entitle it to the greatest respect. A soldier whose views are the result of years of personal contact with the Indian, is certainly not liable to be considered either foolishly sentimental or unpractical. From the ALTA CALIFORNIA, December 24th, 1884. The committee of the House of Representatives, to whom the subject was referred, very properly reported that if there Were no other reason for not conferring the ballot upon the Indian, it would be sufficient to know that it would make nec- essary the repeal of the law against selling him whisky. The committee rightly thought that to give Lo the ballot would do him less good than to keep the bottle away from him. There are also some white men who are in the same boat. HEAD QUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA, WHIPPLE BARRACKS, PRESCOTT, January 3d, 1885. My Dear 1r. Welsh: The most welcome letter I could ask for has been the one in which you notify me of the aid extended to Michael Burns (an Apache boy). I am glad for your own sake as well as for the boy's, since I am certain you shall have no cause to regret this benevolence, but may have every rea- son to be proud of your beneficiary. Permit me to invite your close at-

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most