Once Black Elk arrived at Wounded Knee, he saw lifeless bodies of women, children, and babies scattered throughout the gulch where they had tried to run away. He saw heaps of Indians, evidence they had huddled together in fear before their deaths. Murder and cold-blooded killings were how Black Elk described the events at Wounded Knee. President Harrison described these atrocities as a victory and a necessity for the public due to the war-like nature of the Indians. He viewed this as a way to acquire land from the Indians, and he did just that. Black Elk blamed the white man for the Wounded Knee Massacre, wanting revenge and one day hoping revenge will come. President Harrison blamed the Indians for the massacre, saying, “the Sioux tribes are
