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Medicine Lodge Creek
October, 1867
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Margaret light shines had followed black
kettle's people in their wanderings.
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She began to live the life
of her mother before her.
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When the long knife chief sherman,
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came to speak words of friendship,
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she listened,
but she no longer trusted any white man.
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It was white men who had killed her husband.
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The iron horse is now crossing the lands
between the arkansas and the platte.
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But there's land south of the arkansas,
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and before it's taken,
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we'd like to set aside a
part of it for your home.
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On this home,
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we'll build a house to
hold the goods we'll send.
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To this home,
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we'll send a physician to live
with you and heal your sick.
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We'll send a farmer to teach
your people to grow corn
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and wheat and a mill to
make for you meal and flour.
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For all this, you'll receive
an allowance of $20,000
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each 12 moon to be spent by
the white father on your behalf.
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He says, "why do you come here?
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Because red cloud has
killed so many bluecoats?
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"This is the time for
fighting, not talking. "
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From this day forward,
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all war between the parties to
this agreement shall forever cease.
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War will end in the total destruction
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of the indian because his numbers are less.
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We've prepared peace papers.
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We ask that your chiefs and
head men hold their council
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and meet with us when the shadows
are long to sign these papers.