If we must die, we die defending our rights.
I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.