"Perhaps you think the Creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit. If I thought you were sent by the Creato…"

"Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before I have in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs a…"

"My friends, I have been asked to show you my heart. I am glad to have a chance to do so. I want the white people to u…"

"In the treaty councils the commissioners have claimed that our country had been sold to the Government. Suppose a whi…"

"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…"

"You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented when …"

"I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in…"

"I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are treated. If I cannot go to my own home, let me have a…"

"When I think of our condition, my heart is heavy. I see men of my own race treated as outlaws and driven from country…"

"Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be al…"