The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.

I am ready to talk today. I have been in a great many councils, but I am no wiser. We are all sprung from a woman, although we are unlike in many things. We can not be made over again. You are as you were made, and as you were made you can remain. We are just as we were made by the Great Spirit, and you can not change us ; then why should children of one mother and one father quarrel ? — why should one try to cheat the other ? I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.

We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end.