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.

I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.

We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.

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

I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.