5 Quotes & Sayings By Black Kettle

Black Kettle was the chief of the Cheyenne tribe on the Great Plains in the early 19th Century. His name is known to all who teach American Indian history, but he is almost unknown to most people who live in this country, including many of his descendants.

1
We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began. Black Kettle
2
Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship. Black Kettle
3
We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace. Black Kettle
4
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