The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.

The Indian race is waiting and praying.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our 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.