"The legislation of the government has been directed rather to the protection of the rights of money and property than…"

"A struggle for existence is not a decent living. A man or woman or child may die of starvation in a city teeming with…"

"Peaceful revolutions are slow but sure. It takes time to leaven a great unwieldy mass like this nation with the leave…"

"It crushed our hearts when we saw a little handful of poor, ignorant, helpless, but peaceful people, such as the Ponc…"

"The whole Ponca tribe were rapidly advancing in civilization; cultivated their farms, and their schoolhouses and chur…"

"The tribe has been robbed of thousands of dollars' worth of property, and the government shows no disposition to retu…"

"It seems to us sometimes that the government treats us with less consideration than it does even the dogs."

"For the past hundred years the Indians have had none to tell the story of their wrongs. If a white man did an injury …"

"So many seem to think that Indians fight because they delight in being savage and are bloodthirsty."

"Another time a man of our tribe went to a settlement about ten miles distant from our reserve to sell potatoes. While…"