Our Fathers Gave Us Many Laws Which

You Might As Well Expect Rivers To Run Backwards As Any Man Born Free To Be Contented Penned Up.

Lawyer Acted Without Authority From Our Band. He Had No Right To Sell The Wallowa Country.

I Have Asked Some Of The Great White Chiefs Where They Get Their Authority To Say To The Indian That He Shall Stay In One Place, While He Sees White Men Going Where They Please. They Cannot Tell Me.

Good Words Will Not Give My People Good Health And Stop Them From Dying. Good Words Will Not Get My People A Home Where They Can Live In Peace And Take Care Of Themselves. I Am Tired Of Talk That Comes To Nothing. It Makes My Heart Sick When I Remember All The Good Words And Broken Promises.

I Would Have Given My Own Life If I Could Have Undone The Killing Of White Men By My People.