The Senator. from Texas read something from General Sherman upon this topic. I have here the deliberate words of General Sherman uttered at aeost remarkable period in the history of our Indian relations. You all remember the wars of 1864. 1865. 1866. and 1867 . wars that cost the people of this country millions upon millions of dollars. arising from various eireunstances connected with the emigration to the Pacific coast. and arising from the fact that we undertook to build an iron railway across the State of Nebraska and the Territories to the Pacific coast. We engaged in a war with these tribes. and after having expended several millions of dollars in a vain effort to secure peace the Congress of the United States passed a law in 1867 creating a commission. consisting of the most eminent men of our Army. including one Senator of the United States. to make treaties with the tribes who had been at war with us. That commission consisted of the then Commissioner of Indian Affairs. a democrat from the State of Tennessee.
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