We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.

Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.

The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.