A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
SITTING BULLBehold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
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Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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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.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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