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I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.

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Words do not pay for my dead people.

Good words will not give me back my children.

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

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

I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

My people were divided about surrendering.

We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

I will speak with a straight tongue.

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.

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 had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

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