albert richardson of the new york tribune believed in 18ut67 at indians were "cruel blood thirsty and treacherous by nature. because he added they never tilled the soil. but richardson, after observing chalk taw farming in oklahoma wrote that one indian was -- again i find that interesting, one indian, intelligent 57bd agreeable, nearly as white as myself and with no betrayal of indian origin in speech or features. acres -- f over 100 of 100 acres was all enclosed and under high cultivation. so as long as indians acted and looked like white people it seemed like things were going to be ok. the tremendous influential editor of the springfield republican in close confident of coal fax who was first speaker of the house of representatives and then vice in ident under grant, wrote stark terms. indians hebled needed to either mive to reservations and start to farming small plants of land or be wholly exterminated. as i was reading this i thought small farms in the west don't work because it's dry and arid. but the people of the times had an answer. albert richardson was an advocate of the