If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. 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 think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

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

I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

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

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.