. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. ll like it the better. If it bringprosperity or adversity, we will not aban<lon it. He alluded delicately to the factthat the white man often forgot to keep his treaties with the Indian; and then atthe close, referring to the treaty just made, he rose to the heights of friendship,offering his heart and bis hospitality, and adding: For your sakes, the green grassshall not be stained with the blood of the whites. Your people .shall again be ourpeople, and peace shall be our mutual heritage. Go
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. ll like it the better. If it bringprosperity or adversity, we will not aban<lon it. He alluded delicately to the factthat the white man often forgot to keep his treaties with the Indian; and then atthe close, referring to the treaty just made, he rose to the heights of friendship,offering his heart and bis hospitality, and adding: For your sakes, the green grassshall not be stained with the blood of the whites. Your people .shall again be ourpeople, and peace shall be our mutual heritage. Good-bye. You may not see meagain. But remember Satanta as the white mans friend. He is spoken of as havinga very grave yet musical voice, and at times displays the deepest emotion. Another who heard him on this occasion says: The great chief, Satanta, in delivering his address spoke with a dignity and forcethat could not but be appreciated. He is a great orator and of unbounded influenceiu the council (Ind. Miscel., jcii, SSOi-SSSS). BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. LXII. INSIDE OF SET-TAiRteS SHIELD MooNET] ACCOUNT OF SET-taINTE 209 He is thus described by Keim in 1870: For several years Satanta has filled the ottice of head chief. A jieculinr dash ofmanner; a grin e<iiial to all ociusions; a remarkable shrewdness exhibited in mnn-atjing affairs between the different tribrs with which his people come in contact, ortheir intercourse with the national government, have won for him a prestige whichhe has very well maintained. Satanta, when I first met him, was a man of aboutfifty years of age. He rose first through prowess on the warpath, and afterwardthrough skill in council and diplomacy. He had an intelligent face, and was largein frame and of mnscular development, exhibiting also a tendency to Satanta has found a threatening rival in Lone-w<df, the war chief of thetribe (Keim, 3). Three years later we get the following notice from
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