"The former class is naturally timid as respects Indian disturbances. With their experience and their knowledge of the Indian character and disposition they dread their savage neighbor. They know they are the natural objects of their enmity; they have families, homes and fortune, all exposed to their inroads; they have been witnesses to their horrible butcheries, their brutalities to women, their mad ferocity in dealing with those falling into their power. The complete subjugation of the Indians is absolutely essential to their sense of security. The other class have generally not so much to fear from the Indians. They do not, as do the settlers, encroach on the Indians lands. The traders are their friends. They are not likely to exhibit their worst side toward the Indian Department or to acknowledge the entertaining of any other than peaceful intentions in the presence of its employees."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.18
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