White Eagle left a narrative of the Ponca removal from their lands along Nebraska’s Niobrara River. He said, in part, “The soldiers . . . forced us across the Niobrara . . . just as one would drive a herd of ponies. . . . And so I reached the Warm Land [Oklahoma]. We found the land there was bad and we were dying, one after another, and . . . our animals died, and, oh, it was very hot. ‘This land is truly sickly . . . and we hope the Great Father will take us back [home] again.’ That is what we said. There were one hundred of us died there.” During ensuing years White Eagle and his followers overcame many hardships to make a home in Indian Territory. He was a progressive leader who favored allotment. A friend of the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch, White Eagle died on February 3, 1914, and was buried at White Eagle, a Kay County community named in his honor. "So long as mists envelop you; be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists ~ as it surely will, then act in courage" (Original quote by Chief White Eagle "When you are in doubt, be still and wait, when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward in courage" (Another interpretation of this quote)
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