This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.

I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.

Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.