Colonel William O. Collins On the Heart and Soul of the Plains Indians (Quote from Stephen Ambrose's 1975 Book, "Crazy Horse and Custer")

" War with somebody is the natural state of an Indian people...….Every tribe has some hereditary enemies with whom it is always at war and against whom it makes regular expeditions to get scalps and steal ponies...….To heal these difficulties perfectly is impossible, as there is always some wrong unavenged. It is by war that they obtain wealth, position, and influence with the tribe. They young men especially look up to and follow the successful warrior rather than the wise and prudent chief."...……...So there you have it, folks, the often glorified "noble savage", no worse and yet certainly no better than us. And while we can clearly have sympathy for them, their fate was no different than the fate of numerous other peoples over the centuries whenever civilizations have clashed (with the more advanced one inevitably prevailing)…….and so, yeah, maybe after 150 years it is time to move on......and give the white-guilt a rest for a while. Simply a suggestion.