A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
SITTING BULLI am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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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?
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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God made me an Indian.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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