Emily Pigott

“They were ready to permanently resolve what they referred to as “the Indian problem.” As one western newspaper editorialized: “The American people need the country the Indians now occupy; many of our people are out of employment; the masses need some new excitement. An Indian war would do no harm, for it must come, sooner or later.”
― Linda Jucovy, Searching for Calamity: The Life and Times of Calamity Jane