“The bullets bursted [sic] at the time of the war, and we used to die with bullets, but now let us die quietly.”

— Hollow Horn Bear

During negotiations with Crook and others, in [Books on Google Play Congressional Serial Set, 1890, U.S. Government Printing Office, https://books.google.com/books?id=lQ0ZAAAAYAAJ, 1 March 2018, 59]

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19th century Lakota chief and policeman 1850–1913

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