"The Inspector General's Office Report of January 29, 1870 stated: "In obedience to instructions of the L.t. General commanding the Division of the subject relating to the condition of Indian Affairs in that region. On date of November 22, General De Trobriand makes a report on the condition of Indian affairs, from which it will be seen that the reports of Indian depredations are exaggerated; and also a second report of the date of November 26, from which it appears that the condition of Indian affairs is by no means alarming. In Montana as in most of our other Territories where there are Indians, there are two classes of people. One is that of the citizen interested in settlement, growth, prosperity, and civilization of the country, many having families and permanent homes there; the other class is connected with the Indians in some way, either through trade or intermarriage, or belonging to the Indian Service."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.17-18
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