I Was Very Sorry When I Found

If I Agree To Dispose Of Any Part Of Our Land To The White People I Would Feel Guilty Of Taking Food Away From Our Children's Mouths, And I Do Not Wish To Be That Mean.

What White Woman, However Lonely, Was Ever Captive Or Insulted By Me? Yet They Say I Am A Bad Indian.

Only Seven Years Ago We Made A Treaty By Which We Were Assured That The Buffalo Country Should Be Left To Us Forever. Now They Threaten To Take That From Us Also.

I Am Here By The Will Of The Great Spirit, And By His Will I Am Chief.

In My Early Days, I Was Eager To Learn And To Do Things, And Therefore I Learned Quickly.