18 EXPLORATION OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN 
western limits on our great plains; the tracts beyond must ever be 
occupied by a pastoral people, whether civilized or savage. If the 
— is not doomed to speedy extirpation, if he is to have a perma- 
ere is where it must be located, and the military posts 
shoul oon teceplnke a permanency which they have not heretofore pos- ‘ 
sed. 
“Posts situated near the Indians’ homes, designed to restrain, might 
be bisa fe infantry, = they should be large from the outset, 
to com Those situated near the settlements 
_ which the 
sprin 
With good commanders, and forces sufficient to sustain them in the 
measures they ve take for chastising or restraining the Indians, = 
protecting them from the injustice of the whites, peace can be m 
tained without exterminating the red man, — manliness has eek 
to admire, and w ate deserves our sym 
aaa. the stlistiete I have mentioned, [ mould recommend that 
infantry post be maintained in the neighborhood of Fort Pierre. 
all ae cs Sr occupied in the Dacota country this is the most 
. Goo 
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a ee. at wa 
th of this route. 
be kept up at the 
a 
On Mean of. the Platte, Fort = must, for a lo 
— the frontier aetticonen tt, and is a necessary post for the protec- 
is one, and makes a most valuable point for pr 
So fee 
ee 
time, be | 
Fort Laramie act always be in the Indian country as eleeg as there 
to travel. 
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