I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

I know that my race must change. We cannot hold our own with the white men as we are. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men. If an Indian breaks the law, punish him by the law. If a white man breaks the law, punish him also.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.

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

The eye tells what the tongue would hide.

We ask to be recognized as men.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.