All we ask is that we have peace with th... by Black Kettle | We Heart Quotes

Want Peace

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

Other quotes by Black Kettle

Talk

Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?

- Black Kettle

Thought Man

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 to believe the white man any more.

- Black Kettle

Friends Now

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.

- Black Kettle

Friendship

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

- Black Kettle

Peace May Want

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

War

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

- Black Kettle

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