A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber, they kill my buffalo and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting.

A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber, they kill my buffalo and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting.

– Satanta

Kiowa chief’s speech at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, 1867. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, by Dee Brown. Chapter 11.

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