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.

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.

Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.

All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.