Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where t… — Quoted

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“Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”

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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.

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I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.

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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.

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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

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