Author: Black Kettle

Quotes

All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold you by the hand. You are our father.

All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold you by the hand. You are our father.

- Black Kettle

I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies.

I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies.

- Black Kettle

We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began.

We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began.

- Black Kettle

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

- Black Kettle

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.

- Black Kettle

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