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- 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…
- Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
- My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
- 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…
- I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
- 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…
- We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to…
- 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…
- 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…
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