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.

Words do not pay for my dead people.

I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

I will speak with a straight tongue.

Finest fur may cover toughest meat.

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 earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it.