We do not want churches. They will teach us to quarrel about God.

Words do not pay for my dead people.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying.

You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.