"I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more."

"It does not require many words to speak the truth."

"Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

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

"The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it."

"I am tired of talk that comes to nothing."

"I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more."

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

"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."

"Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow."

"It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war."

"We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return."

"When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt."

"Words do not pay for my dead people."

"I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth."

"An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward."

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

"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 people may be one people."

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

"I will speak with a straight tongue."

"I want the white people to understand my people."

""Good "words will not give me back my children."

"Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

"My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people."

"We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear."

"We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end."

"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 not let us alone."

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

"We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not; and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them."

"I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land."

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

"The Indian race are waiting and praying."

"I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated."

"The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same"

"We ask to be recognized as men."

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

"I will fight no more forever"

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

"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 with reference to my affection for the land. I never said the land was mine to do with it as I chose. The one who has the right to dispose of it is the one who created it. I claim a right to live on my land and accord you the privilege to live on yours."

"The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying."

"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 claim them."

"My people were divided about surrendering."

"We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones crumble and decay, faiths grow old and they are forgotten, but new beliefs are born. The faith of the villages is dust now... but it will grow again... like the trees."

"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 well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases."

"When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom."

"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 do."

"You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up."

"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 move onto the reservation."

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

"My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man."