60 THE TRUE INDIAN 



in the political life of any nation than the cross-purposes 

 of our Indian and War Departments, I have failed to find 

 it. We Americans, thanks to the inexhaustible riches of 

 our soil, are giants in all we do; and we are giants in 

 folly as well as in creation ; witness our Silver Bill, our 

 McKinley Tariff, our Pension Legislation, and our Indian 

 Problem. 



