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. Why don’t you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?
– Black Kettle
Cheyenne Chief to the Indians at Medicine Cheek Lodge, at a council called by government peace commissioners. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown.