"Contrast the condition into which all these friendly
Indians are suddenly plunged now with their condition only two years
previous:, martial
law now
in force on all their reservations;
themselves in
danger of starvation, and
constantly exposed to the influence of emissaries
from their friends and relations, urging them to
join in fighting this treacherous government that
had kept faith
with nobody--neither with friend nor with foe" (Jackson 178).