Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.

I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.

We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.

Good words will not give me back my children.

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

I will speak with a straight tongue.

The Indian race is waiting and praying.