"Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Too-hul-hul-sote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led on the young men is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are--perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
~ Chief Joseph's Surrender, 5 October 1877
translated, and perhaps embellished, by
~ Charles Erskine Scott Wood, close friend of Chief Joseph
See also: "Hominy, Horseradish, and Buffalo Bill"
Buffalo Bill's
defunct
who used to
ride a water-smooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death
(poem by e. e. cummings)
Also:
ReplyDeleteChief Seattle ~ http://dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-souls-never-alone.html
Chief Tecumseh ~ http://dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-great-divide_2.html