extract from "The Autobiography of Chief Black Hawk"

Published in 1833, it is the first autobiography of a Native American published in the US.
Chief Black Hawk saw american expansionism and fought to prevent his people from being driven off their lands.  In this quote he talks about the political entanglement that all tribes felt during The War of 1812 as Britain and the US sought allies among the Native American tribes.

"I had not made up my mind whether to join the British or remain neutral. I had not discovered one good trait in the character of the americans that had come to the country.  They made fair promises but never fulfilled them, whilst the British made but few, but we could always rely upon their word."

Chief Black Hawk, 1833