All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.

We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.

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.

We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.

The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same

Finest fur may cover toughest meat.

I will speak with a straight tongue.