Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead. did I say? There is no death only a change of worlds.
. . . . . . . . . Chief Seattle
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
. . . . . . . . . . An Indian proverb.
"This war did not spring up here in our land: this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great White Father who came to take our land from us without price, and who, in our land, do a great many evil things. The Great Father and his children are to blame for this trouble...It is our wish to live here in our country peaceable, and do such things as may be for the welfare and good of our people...When people come to trouble it is better for both parties to come together without arms and talk it over and find some peaceful way to settle it."
. . . . . . . . . . Spotted Tail (Dakota)
"Let me be a free man... free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk and think and act for myself.... and I will obey every law - or submit to the penalty.'
. . . . . . . . . . Chief Joseph