Black Kettle
Black Kettle
Chief Black Kettleborn to the Northern Só'taeo'o / Só'taétaneo'o band of the Northern Cheyennes in the Black Hills, later he married into the Wotápio / Wutapai bandof the Southern Cheyenne; after 1854 he was a prominent leader of the Southern Cheyenne, who led efforts to resist American settlement from Kansas and Colorado territories. He was a peacemaker who accepted treaties to protect his people. He was fired upon and killed by Union soldiers in 1868 during the Battle of Washita...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLeader
CountryUnited States of America
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.
But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.
Although wrongs have been done me I live in hope. ... Now we are together again to make peace.
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 have advised me to do. I once thought that I was the only man that 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 men any more.
We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace.
These people that are with us are glad to think that we can have peace once more, and can sleep soundly, and that we can live.
We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began.
Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.