moval and concentration of the Indians in the West to save them from threatened extinction.. But today, by reason of the immense augmentation of the American population, and the extension of their settlements throughout the entire West, covering both slopes of the Rocky Mountains, the Indian races are more seriously threatened with a speedy extermination than ever before in the history of the country." (Brown, page 176) The hate Donehogwa received from men such as William Welsh and others forced him to resign. Shortly after Donehogwa resigned, all treaty making powers of the Indians were revoked. The government believed the U.S. officials representing the Indians could better adhere to the best interests of the Indians. The Cheyenne were eventually overcome and many were slaughtered. The battle can be best summed up by this account from Little Wolf of the Northern Cheyenne: "We have been south and suffered a great deal down there. Many have died of diseases which we have no name for. Our hearts looked and longed for this country where we were born. There are only a few of us left, and we only wanted a little ground, where we could live. We left our lodges standing and ran away in the night. The troops followed us. I rode out and told the troops we did not want to ...
