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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by joseph wiggs[/i] [br]TREATMENT OF RED MEN-GEN. JOHN GIBBON Gen. John Gibbon was described by E.A. Brininstool as "One of our greatest Indian fighter" of the middle 70's. In 1877 Gibbon wrote a series of articles for the American Catholic Quarterly Review, which dealt with the campaign of the Centennial Year. His views did not speak complimentary of then, U. S. policies. "When, then, the Indian, driven to desperation by neglect or want, and his sense of wrong goes to war (and even a Christian will fight before he will starve)the Army is called in to whip these 'wards of the nation' into submission." General Gibbon was certainly aware of many of the atrocities committed on both sides during the Indian wars. Yet,he does not single out and use Indian atrocities as a justification for the governments use of its Army. I find this perspective commendable. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in This Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.