Reservation Era Begins 1850-1878

1869

“The only good Indian is a dead Indian”

Tosawi, Comanche Chief. Image: Smithsonian Institution
Tosawi, Comanche Chief. Image: Smithsonian Institution

Comanche Chief Tosahwi reputedly tells Sheridan in 1869, “Tosahwi, good Indian," to which Sheridan supposedly replies, “The only good Indians I ever saw were dead" (Brown, 1970).

Settler Colonial Policy

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