"To rise far there must be an object. To rebel, there must be a wrong to right. And in either case, one must consider that benefit is never gained from war. The buffalo have gone from our plains. The fault partly lies with us. But more fault of the white men far south, when they killed thousands for their skins, not for food. The food we eat today, the White Mother gave to us. Without it, we starve. There is nothing to gain by the war you suggest."

White men have been the plague, anywhere has been, left just blood behind, with no shame and resentment.