“I was liable at any moment to run into a party of his young men who might be out hunting, and as I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.”Tagged: Sioux, Trail of Tears, Hunting
“The White Man has taken most of our land. He has paid us nothing for it. He has destroyed or driven away the game that was our meat. In 1868 he arranged to build through the Indians' land a road on which ran iron horses that ate wood and breathed fire and smoke. We agreed. This road was only as wide…”Tagged: White Man, Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, Indians, Native Americans
“Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.”Tagged: Indian, native american, Broken Treaties, Trail of Tears