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.

Good words will not give me back my children.

The Indian race is waiting and praying.

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

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.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets; that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home; if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.