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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.
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Battle Believe Death Goodness Injury Kill Man Myself White
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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Himself Man White
If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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Care Himself Lose Man
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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Earth Friendship Love Myself Result Spring Sun
I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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Greatness Myself Spirit
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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Accomplishment Agreement Fulfill Goodness Home Purpose Sound
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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Man Money Myself Theft White
Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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Goodness Himself Man See
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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Dog Evil Feed Fight Goodness Myself Philosophy Time
Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.
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Country Growth Himself Home Ourselves People Stay
I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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Goodness Intention Myself Sorry
What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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Bad Insult Lonely Myself White Woman
As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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Break Easy Fingers Strong Togetherness
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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Enough Love Mindset Possession Sick Strange
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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Agreement Country Forever Threat Time
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
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Build Earth Herself Mom Nature Ourselves
I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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Man Myself Remember Surrender Weapon
First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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Father Kill Myself Patriot Possession
I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
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Desire Greatness Man Myself Place Spirit White
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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Choice Country Greatness Myself Spiritual
When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
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Battle Boy Man Ourselves Rise Sun Warrior World
I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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Believe Goodness Injury Kill Man Peace Theft White
This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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Day Death Goodness Myself
I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.
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Dog Myself See Warrior Wolf Worth
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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Control Freedom Man Ourselves Poor White
It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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Reality Truth Word
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.
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Agreement Children Food Ourselves People White

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