"We are a vanishing race, but we will not be forgotten."

"The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."

"I was living peaceably with my family, having plenty to eat, sleeping well, taking care of my people, and perfectly contented. I don't know where those bad stories first came from."

"I want this peace to be legal and good. Whenever I meet you I talk good to you, and you to me, and peace is soon established; but when you go to the reservation you put agents and interpreters over us…"

"The white man has many laws. But he does not obey them."