"So boys and girls, if you grow up and claim the right to live together and govern yourselves — and you ought to — and…"

"My skin is not red but that is what my people are called by others. My skin is brown, light brown, but our cheeks hav…"

"You would call it Canada. We do not. We call the little ten-miles square we have left the "Grand River Country." We h…"

"You got half of your territory here by warfare upon redmen, usually unprovoked, and you got about a quarter of it by …"

"You young people in the United States may not believe what I am saying. Do not take my word, but read your history. A…"

"The governments at Washington and Ottawa have a silent partnership of policy. It is aimed to break up every tribe of …"

"If this must go on to the bitter end, we would rather that you come with your guns and poison gases and get rid of us…"

"We appealed to Ottawa in the name of our right as a separate people and by right of our treaties, and the door was cl…"

"Ottawa officials, under pretense of a friendly visit, asked to inspect our precious belts, made by our Fathers centur…"

"If you are bound to treat us as though we were citizens under your government, then those of your people who are land…"