I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies.

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Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?

Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?

We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way...

We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way...

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could...

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could...

We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the...

We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the...

We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in...

We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in...

All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold...

All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold...

I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend...

I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend...

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to...

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to...

A friend is someone who makes me feel totally acceptable.

A friend is someone who makes me feel totally acceptable.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat...

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat...

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it...

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it...

Give me work to do, Give me health, Give me joy in simple things, Give...

Give me work to do, Give me health, Give me joy in simple things, Give...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life. I know you'll be a sun in...

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life. I know you'll be a sun in...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained...

Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained...

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

The road to a friend's house is never long.

The road to a friend's house is never long.