text:  I have watched with wonder and delight as far as the eye could reach over the vast plains, seeing them disappear in the horizon. It is one of the grandest sights my memory recalls. The Indians are picturesque and magnificent only in their primitive habitat, in their own environment. Civilization and Indians seem out of harmony. I pity their humiliation in having to become civilized. So much has to be crushed in the march of improvement and in the making of a nation. Sarah Alexander