Getting the goodness of light-skinned society ... Learn to live among them, learn their education, their language - all the goodness.

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.

The Great Spirit will not make me suffer because I am ignorant. He will put me in a place where I shall be better off than in this world.

We do not want riches, we want peace and love

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.

I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.