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• ‟ Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.

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• ‟ All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.

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• ‟ For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.

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• ‟ I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

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• ‟ We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

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• ‟ I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

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• ‟ We ask to be recognized as men.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.

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• ‟ Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.

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• ‟ I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.

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• ‟ When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.

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