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could not sue or be sued, and that placed them in such a position, that their only means of redress was war. Mr. Gladstone seemed much interested and asked many questions about the part I had taken to change the system, and expressed a firm belief that the United States Supreme Court would decide that Indians were citizens under the American Constitution. When I told him of the appeal that Bright Eyes had made to the people and the character of the legislation that had been secured, he said: "You have been engaged in an effort that must command the respect of all good men, and in the end it will be greater blessing to the white people than to the Indians."