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.

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.

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

God made me an Indian.

A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.

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