I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!

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.

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.

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

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

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.