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 would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.

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

We ask to be recognized as men.

I will speak with a straight tongue.

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

Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.