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- 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…
- Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say to him, "No,…
- We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with…
- 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…
- 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…
- My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.
- I am not a child, I think for myself. No man can think for me.
- 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.…
- I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must…
- We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
- I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one…
- 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…
- The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it... Do not misunderstand me, but understand me fully…
- The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could…
- When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
- For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding…
- I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
- I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
- If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
- Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
- Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he…
- An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
- We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would…
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