It will be a very hard thing to leave the country that God gave us. Our friends are buried there, and we hate to leave these grounds.... There is something strong for us - that fool band of soldiers that cleared out our lodges and killed our women and children. This is hard on us. There at Sand Creek - White Antelope and many other chiefs lie there; our women and children lie there. Our lodges were destroyed there, and our horses were taken from us there, and I do not feel disposed to go right off to a new country and leave them. (Little Raven (Arapaho leader))

It will be a very hard thing to leave the country that God gave us. Our friends are buried there, and we hate to leave these grounds.... There is something strong for us - that fool band of soldiers that cleared out our lodges and killed our women and children. This is hard on us. There at Sand Creek - White Antelope and many other chiefs lie there; our women and children lie there. Our lodges were destroyed there, and our horses were taken from us there, and I do not feel disposed to go right off to a new country and leave them.

Little Raven (Arapaho leader)

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