In ages which have no record these islands were the home of millions of "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.