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WINS A BATTLE, IT IS CALLED A MASSACRE; WHEN THIS GREAT NATION IN FIGHTING THE INDIAN WINS A BATTLE, IT IS CALLED A VICTORY.         [[paragraph symbol]]  AFTER THE INDIAN IS PREVENTED FROM EARNING HIS OWN LIVING, AND FROM TAKING CARE OF HIMSELF, BY THIS SYSTEM OF NURSING AND FEEDING, --- ALTHOUGH I HAVE HEARD IT REPORTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WHOLE TRIBES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN A STATE OF STARVATION, --- HE IS REPORTED TO BE INCAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF HIMSELF AND WOULD STARVE IF THE GOVERNMENT LET HIM ALONE. IT WAS BECAUSE STANDING BEAR WAS TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF, WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT, THAT THIS POWERFUL GOVERNMENT, SENT OUT ITS ARMED FORCES TO CARRY HIM BACK TO A LAND FROM WHICH HE HAD FLED, BECAUSE THE TERROR OF