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TITLED TO THE WRIT OF LIBERTY. WHEN THE CHEYENNES FOUGHT TO MAINTAIN THEIR RIGHTS, THEY WERE EXTERMINATED; WHEN THE PONCAS CLAIMED THE PROTECTION OF THE COURTS, THE GREAT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TRIED TO KICK THEM OUT. WHETHER HE WILL SUCCEED OR NOT, IT IS FOR YOU TO SAY. [[paragraph symbol]] WE OFFER A SOLUTION TO THE INDIAN PROBLEM. THIS SOLUTION WILL END ALL WARS; IT WILL END THE SHEDDING OF THE BLOOD OF INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN; IT WILL STOP ALL THESE WRONGS WHICH HAVE GONE ON MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR, FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

THE SOLUTION OF THE INDIAN PROBLEM, AS IT IS CALLED, IS CITIZENSHIP. LIKE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE AGITATED THE WORLD, THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE --- SO SIMPLE THAT MEN CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT.