The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.176

The property of these people has, as a matter of fact, been confiscated by the United States and diverted to purposes for which there is no warrant under the Constitution, and which on grounds of good faith and fair dealing can not be defended. Horatio Seymour, a great apostle of democracy, in regard to the treatment of the Indians, once said “Every human being born upon our continent, or who comes here from any quarter of the world, whether savage or civilized, can go to our courts for protection except those who belong to the tribes who once owned this country. The cannibals from the islands of the Pacific, the worst criminals from Europe, Asia, Africa, can appeal to the laws and courts for their rights of person and property, all save our native Indians, who, above all, should be protected from wrong.” Outside of the legal obligations imposed upon the United States by treaty and statutory enactments, and outside of the guarantees contained in the ordinance of 1787, there is an ever-existing moral obligation imposed by the law of good conscience to deal fairly and justly with its Indian wards. That obligation is best stated by the honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs in his annual report for 1872, beginning on page 10, but which is of too great length to be quoted here. The Blackfeet Indians are the wards of this great Government, Shall it not account to them faithfully for its stewardship?
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.176