The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.

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We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend...

We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend...

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken...

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken...

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live...

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live...

Words do not pay for my dead people.

Words do not pay for my dead people.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.

From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live...

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live...

Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to...

Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to...

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great...

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great...

A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.

A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.

The Indian race are waiting and praying.

The Indian race are waiting and praying.

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30...

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30...

Good words will not give me back my children.

Good words will not give me back my children.

All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.

All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the...

I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the...

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my...

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my...

I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of...

I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of...

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my...

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my...