You know, a friend of mine asked me before I got here... it was when we were all shipping out. He asked me, 'Why are you going to fight somebody else's war? What, do y'all think you're heroes?' I didn't… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
The white men despise the Indians, and drive them from their homes. But the Indians are not deceitful. The white men speak bad of… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right. — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
The path to glory is rough, and many gloomy hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on your path, so that you… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
When I get home and people ask me,'Hey, Hoot, why do you do it, man? What are you? Some kind of war junkie? I… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
[Black Hawk] has fought for his countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against white men, who came year after year, to cheat them and take… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
If you treat a sick child as an adult and a sick adult as a child, it usually works out pretty well. — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
You know, a friend of mine asked me before I got here... it was when we were all shipping out. He asked me, 'Why… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
I got my best foot forward onto greener grass, cause there ain't no future living in the past. — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
“Bad and cruel as our people were treated by the whites, not one of them was hurt or molested by our band. (...) The… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
My reason teaches me that land cannot be sold. The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon. So long as they… — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
![“[Black Hawk] has fought for his countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against white men, who came year after year, to cheat them and take away their lands. You know the cause of our making war. It is known to all white men. They ought to be ashamed of it.” quote by Black Hawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c1/black-hawk-36816_american-indian_black-hawk-has-fought-for-his-countrymen_2431586.jpg)
