I have lived on this frontier 50 years, and I have never yet known an instance in which war broke out between these tribes that the tribes were not in the right.
General Harney spent the better part of his military career among
the tribes of the West. Though he was feared as a formidable
adversary, Harney would look back on his life in uniform with a
judgment that would have pleased many of his famous foes, including
men like Chief Little Thunder, and Geronimo: "I have lived on this
frontier for 50 years, and I have never yet known an instance in
which war broke out between these tribes that the tribes were not
in the right. I never yet knew an Indian chief to break his
word!" Click here for more on Gen. Harney