It does not require many words to speak the truth.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

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.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

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.

Good words will not give me back my children.

We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets; that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home; if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.