I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.

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

We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!

For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.

When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

The eye tells what the tongue would hide.