All people should be treated the same way on earth.

We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.

We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!

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.

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

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.