The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.
The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.
We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
We ask to be recognized as men.
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.
Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.
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