What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.

Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.

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

I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.

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