Black Kettle
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Chief Black Kettle (Cheyenne, Moke-tav-a-to) (1813 – November 27, 1868) was a Cheyenne leader who unsuccessfully attempted to resist white settlement from Kansas and Colorado territories. He survived the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 but died in the 1868 Battle of Washita River.
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- Although wrongs have been done to me I live in hopes. I have not got two hearts...Now we are together again to make peace. My shame is as big as the earth, although I will do what my friends advise me to do. I once thought that I was the only man who persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for me to believe the white man anymore.
- PBS - THE WEST - Who is the Savage?. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold you by the hand. You are our father. We have been traveling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began. These braves who are with me are willing to do what I say. We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace. 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 have not come here with a little wolf bark, but have come to talk plain with you.
- speaking to Colorado Governor Evans, Colonel Chivington, Major Wynkoop and others in Denver, autumn, 1864
- Chief Black Kettle. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- We were once friends with the whites, but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other. Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?
- Dee Brown (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Owl Books. pp. page 148. ISBN 0805066691.
- Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.
- Dee Brown (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Owl Books. pp. page 101. ISBN 0805066691.
- The Cheyennes do not fight at all this side of the Arkansas, but north some young warriors were fired upon and then the fight began.
- Dee Brown (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Pocket Books. pp. page 94. ISBN 0671420291.
- The white people can go wherever they please and they will not be disturbed by us, and I want you to let them know.
- Dee Brown (2001). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Owl Books. pp. page 101. ISBN 0805066691.
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- I have done my best to keep my young men quiet, but some will not listen and since the fighting began, I have not been able to keep them at home.
