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- Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where they…
- All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as…
- If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same…
- Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of…
- The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying.
- We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will give every man…
- I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken…
- If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indianwe can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike.…
- We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
- I am ready to talk today. I have been in a great many councils, but I am no wiser. We are all sprung from a…
- We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
- Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
- General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and…
- The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
- It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
- Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
- I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that…
- All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
- I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
- A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.
- We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We…
- If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men…
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