Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.

Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.

My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.