But in the minds of these men of the plains, who knew both the bad and the good in the red men, and the bad and the good in the white men of that day and that country, the reasons were not founded on justice.

Furthermore, they were conceived by lawmakers far away.

So the cowboys vented their feelings against what seemed to them rank injustice.
"But t' get back t' what I know 'bout Injuns," said Bill, after the discussion had gone on for some time.

"What d'ye s'pose our Injun thinks 'bout this here rule as says he ain't as good as that pie-faced Jim Adams?
He knows 'tain't right, same as we do, an' he thinks to himself, 'Here's another thing I got t' put up with, an' if I rare up an' make a row 'bout it, I'll get th' wuss of it, as my people always has.

So what'll I do?
I'll lay low, an' say nothin', an' I won't give them white brothers no chance t' see that they've hurt my feelin's.