LITTLE BIG MOUTH, ARAPAHOE CHIEF,
said: I have come down here a long way to the country in which I
was born; the country between the Witchita Mountains and the
mountains on the Arkansas, where I roamed when a boy, to see all
these Indians—my friends—and to have a talk.
I look upon you (General Hazen) as the representative of the
Great Father (the President). I would not have come near you had
I wished to do wrong, but come because I want to do right.
I never would have gone north of the Arkansas again, but my
Father there, the agent, continually sent for me, time after time,
and finally I went. As soon as we got there we got into trouble.
My people wish no trouble, but, although we have come back
south of the Arkansas, the soldiers follow us, and continue
fighting. We want no more fighting, and we want you to send out
and stop these soldiers from coming against us. I wish you to send
a paper to our Great Father, at Washington, at once, to have this
fighting stopped, that we want no more of it. Although my kinsmen
have been killed, we will forget it, and we wish for Peace.
