“I surveyed the country that had cost us so much trouble, anxiety and blood, and that now caused me to be a prisoner of war. I reflected upon the ingratitude of the whites when I saw their fine houses, rich harvests and everything desirable around them; and recollected that all this land had been ours, for which I and my people had never received a dollar, and that the whites were not satisfied until they took our village and our graveyards from us and removed us across the Mississippi.” HistoryGenocideUs HistoryNative AmericansIndigenous PeoplesNative American Genocide Author:Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Black Hawk)