The Crook annals: Why the Army didn’t trust white settlers on the Western frontier
General George Crook distrusted the whites on the frontier, and believed they had a vested interest in riling up the Indians so the Army would stick around.
General George Crook distrusted the whites on the frontier, and believed they had a vested interest in riling up the Indians so the Army would stick around. This was, another general noted, because “almost the only paying business the white inhabitants have … is supplying the troops.” The result was that, “Hostilities are therefore kept up with a view to supporting the inhabitants.”
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