Spoon Decorah a Ho-Chunk leader is interviewed in this source by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Decorah talks about events in his life such as his tribe mining lead near Wisconsin, the effects of white settlers, and being removed from Mississippi. He also describes the events of two wars, the Black Hawk War and the Winnebago War of 1827. During the Winnebago War Decorah recalls they willing gave Red Bird to the whites because he killed a white family and the tribe did not tolerate that. The Native Americans still trying to keep fair morales and treat the white settlers as equals to them while the settlers didn’t return the same respect connects with the overall theme.