Chief Spotted Tail

When asked if he had heard of Jesus Christ Spotted Tail said: "Yes I have heard all about him; how good he was; what great things he did; how he would help the bad men to be good; how he would lead all who would listen to him to the Great Spirit, his father; and I have also heard how the white man killed him. The Indian never would have done that; he never would have murdered the son of the Great Spirit. He would rather have loved him better than his own life; would have given him anything and all that he had, and for him would have gone on the warpath and conquered all the world. It was for a long time after I first heard about Jesus Christ, that I did not understand how the white man could have killed him; but when I got better acquainted with the whites, when I realized the fact that they had no respect for the rights of the Indian; would take away his home where he was born, murder him and his children, despoil his women, and rob him of his winter food, I then very readily understood how they would kill the son of the Great Spirit, as they did." (Kingsbury, vol. I, p. 780)

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