I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

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

I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.

Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say to him, "No, my horses suit me; I will not sell them." Then he goes to my neighbor and says to him, "Joseph has some good horses. I want to buy them, but he refuses to sell." My neighbor answers, "Pay me the money and I will sell you Joseph's horses." The white man returns to me and says, "Joseph, I have bought your horses and you must let me have them." If we sold our lands to the government, this is the way they bought them.

It takes few words to tell the truth.

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

We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.