I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.

I am not a child, I think for myself. No man can think for me.

All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.

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

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