We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not; and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.

Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.

For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.

We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.

The Indian race is waiting and praying.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.