Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak Quotes

“Bad and cruel as our people were treated by the whites, not one of them
was hurt or molested by our band. (...)
The whites were complaining at the same time that we were intruding upon
their rights. They made it appear that they were the injured party, and
we the intruders. They called loudly to the great war chief to protect
their property.

How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right
look like wrong, and wrong like right.”
― Black Hawk, Black Hawk: An Autobiography

“here a short time, and then started for Jefferson Barracks, in a steam”
― Black Hawk, Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk