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.

It takes few words to tell the truth.

The eye tells what the tongue would hide.

Good words will not give me back my children.

The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.

I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.

I know that my race must change. We cannot hold our own with the white men as we are. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men. If an Indian breaks the law, punish him by the law. If a white man breaks the law, punish him also.