The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

Good words will not give me back my children.

The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it.

We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.