What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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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.
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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