The Chief Who Wanted Peace And Died For It — The Tragic Story Of Black Kettle
What Black Kettle Believed and Why It Mattered
To understand Black Kettle’s significance, you have to take seriously what he believed — not dismiss it as naivety or accommodation or collaboration with colonialism, but understand it as a coherent position developed through years of experience and genuine strategic reasoning.
He believed that the Cheyenne could not win a war against the United States.
This belief was correct.
The War of 1812 had demonstrated American military reach.
The Mexican-American War had demonstrated American capacity for conquest at continental scale.
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