Be Still

"When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. 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 with courage.”
  
~ Ponca Chief White Eagle
  
   Birth:  1840
Death:  1914

His monument sits on a high mound 11 miles south of the city, and within the old Ponca Indian reservation erected to the memory of White Eagle, the Ponca chief, who led his people during the 1870's to their new reservation of 50,000 acres here from their former holdings.

White Eagle was born on the Nebraska reservation in 1840 and lived for 74 years, serving a goodly portion of the time as chief. During the earlier period of his life, the Indians were still practicing polygamy and white Eagle had six wives --- several of them at the same time. His first child, given the name of Mary Elk, was born in 1859, or when White Eagle was 19 years old. His wives were Me-glee-dah-ees, Gambling, Carry-water, Amelia Primeaux, Julia Primeaux and Victoria DeLodge. In all White Eagle was the father of 15 children.