I HARDLY SUSTAIN MYSELF BENEATH THE WEIGHT OF WHITE MEN’S BLOOD THAT I HAVE SHED. THE WHITES PROVOKED THE WAR; THEIR INJUSTICES, THEIR INDIGNITIES TO OUR FAMILIES, THE CRUEL, UNHEARD OF AND WHOLLY UNPROVOKED MASSACRE AT FORT LYON … SHOOK ALL THE VEINS WHICH BIND AND SUPPORT ME. I ROSE, TOMAHAWK IN HAND, AND I HAVE DONE ALL THE HURT TO THE WHITES THAT I COULD.