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“Bad and cruel as our people were treated by the whites, not one of them
was hurt or molested by our band. (...)
The whites were complaining at the same time that we were intruding upon
their rights. They made it appear that they were the injured party, and
we the intruders. They called loudly to the great war chief to protect
their property.
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right
look like wrong, and wrong like right.”
― Black Hawk: An Autobiography
was hurt or molested by our band. (...)
The whites were complaining at the same time that we were intruding upon
their rights. They made it appear that they were the injured party, and
we the intruders. They called loudly to the great war chief to protect
their property.
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right
look like wrong, and wrong like right.”
― Black Hawk: An Autobiography
“here a short time, and then started for Jefferson Barracks, in a steam”
― Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
― Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
“An Indian who is as bad as the white men, could not live in our nation; he would be put to death, and eat [sic] up by the wolves. The white men are bad school-masters; they carry false looks, and deal in false actions; they smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat him; they shake them by the hand to gain their confidence, to make them drunk, to deceive them, and ruin our wives. We told them to let us alone; but they followed on and beset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us like the snake. They poisoned us by their touch. We were not safe. We lived in danger. We were becoming like them, hypocrites and liars, adulterers, lazy drones, all talkers, and no workers.”
― Autobiography of Black Hawk
― Autobiography of Black Hawk
