The Treaty of Tall White Man

The soldier leader of our movement to the south was known as tall white man. He was a good man, always kind to the Indians. So all of us were pleased to have him guiding us. All the soldiers were friendly and good to us. They were good shooters and they killed lots of game. They gave us most of the meat. We ate the beef because it was the best we could get. There was much sickness among the northern Cheyenne's. To us it was a new kind of sickness. Fills and fever and aching of the bones dragged down most of us to thin and weak bodies. Our people died and kept each other from falling out of this world.