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.

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

He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.