. History of the Sioux War and massacres of 1862 and 1863 . ifdie you must, with arms in your hands, like warriorsand braves of the Dakota. Standing Buffalo, hereditary chief of the Upper Sis-setons, spoke next, as follows: I am a young man, but I have always felt friend-ly toward the whites because they were kind to myfather. You have brought me into great dangerwithout my knowing of it beforehand. By killingthe whites, it is just as if you had waited for me inambush and shot me down. You Lower Indians feelvery bad because we have all got into trouble; but Ifeel worse, because I know that nei
. History of the Sioux War and massacres of 1862 and 1863 . ifdie you must, with arms in your hands, like warriorsand braves of the Dakota. Standing Buffalo, hereditary chief of the Upper Sis-setons, spoke next, as follows: I am a young man, but I have always felt friend-ly toward the whites because they were kind to myfather. You have brought me into great dangerwithout my knowing of it beforehand. By killingthe whites, it is just as if you had waited for me inambush and shot me down. You Lower Indians feelvery bad because we have all got into trouble; but Ifeel worse, because I know that neither I nor my peo-ple have killed any of the whites, and that yet wehave to suffer for the guilty. I was out buffalo-hunt-ing when I heard of the outbreak, and I felt as if Iwas dead, and I feel so now. You all know that theIndians can not live without the aid of the white men,and therefore I have made up my mind that Paul isright, and my Indians will stand by him. We claimthis reservation. What are you doing here ? If you 160 THE SIOUX WAR AND STAHDING BtTFFALO. want to figlit the wliites, go back and fight me at my village at Big Stone Lake. Yousent word to my young men to come down, and thatyou had plenty of oxen, and horses, and goods, andpowQfci, :, lead, and now we see nothing. We aregoing back to Big Stone Lake, and leave you to fightthe whites. Those who make peace can say thatStanding Buffalo and his people will give themselvesup in the spring. Wanata, the mixed Sisseton and Yanktonais chief,from the vicinity of Lac Traverse, was the next speak-er. He said: THE CAPTIVES. 161 Yoa ask me to fight the whites. I want to askyou a question. You said you had plenty of powderand lead for us. Where is it ? You make no will. You have it all. Go, then, you, and fight thewhites with it. You are unreasonable to ask me todo so, for two reasons: first, I have no powder andlead; second,.! cant live without the whites. Youhave cut my throat, and now yo
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