Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.

Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.

If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.