A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.

It takes few words to tell the truth.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not; and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.

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.