Chief Black Hawk
Chief Black Hawk
His Farewell Words
"You have taken me prisoner with all my warriors - I fought hard.
"But your guns were well-aimed. The bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like the wind through the trees in the winter. My warriors fell around me, it began to look dismal. I saw my evil day at hand.
"The sun rose dim on us in the morning, and at night it sunk in a dark cloud, and looked like a ball of fire. That was the last sun that shone on
Black Hawk. His heart is dead, and no longer beats quick in his bosom. He is now a prisoner to the white man; they will do with him as they wish. But he can stand torture, and is not afraid of death. He is no coward!
"Black Hawk is an Indian -- farewell, my nation! Black Hawk tried to save you, and avenge your wrongs.
"He has been taken prisoner, and his plans are stopped. He can do no more. He is near his end. His sun is setting, and he will rise no more
"Farewell to Black Hawk"