We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets; that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home; if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.

I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.

When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.

Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.

The Indian race is waiting and praying.