A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
SITTING BULLThe meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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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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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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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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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You come here to tell us lies, but we don’t want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no attention. That is all I have to say.
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I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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