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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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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 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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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.

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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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires.

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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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They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.

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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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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Statesman

Born: Unknown

Died: December 15th, 1890

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