The eye tells what the tongue would hide.

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

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

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

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

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

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.