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I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.

Sitting Bull

This is a good day to die. Follow me!
SITTING BULL

Day Death Goodness Myself
There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
SITTING BULL

Accomplishment Agreement Fulfill Goodness Home Purpose Sound
God made me an Indian.
SITTING BULL

Build God Myself One Liner
They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
SITTING BULL

Give Up Lost Ourselves Time
I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.
SITTING BULL

Dog Myself See Warrior Wolf Worth
Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
SITTING BULL

Earth Health Heart Mom Nature
Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
SITTING BULL

Animal Life Seed
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
SITTING BULL

Build Earth Herself Mom Nature Ourselves
Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?
SITTING BULL

Born Country Death Father Live Love Myself People Skin Wrong
If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children’s mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
SITTING BULL

Agreement Children Food Ourselves People White
Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
SITTING BULL

Different Fools God Ourselves Religion
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
SITTING BULL

Control Freedom Man Ourselves Poor White
I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
SITTING BULL

Greatness Myself Spirit
What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
SITTING BULL

Bad Insult Lonely Myself White Woman
What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
SITTING BULL

Abuse Break Children Drink Law Man Myself See White
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
SITTING BULL

Desire Different Heart Himself Planning

I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.

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