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

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

God made me an Indian.

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?

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.

If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.

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