The soldiers attacked anyway.

His name was Black Kettle.

Tell it.

The Cheyenne word for chief is Nótamèvoestase.

The word for peace, for the state of peace that Black Kettle worked his entire adult life to create for his people, does not translate simply into English.

The Cheyenne understanding of peace was not merely the absence of war.

It was a positive condition — a right relationship between peoples, maintained through mutual respect and honored commitments.

That is what Black Kettle was pursuing.