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.

From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.

A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.

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

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

Big name often stands on small legs.

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.