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"The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind."
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"A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind."
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"Every record that you do man, is sooo different in every way."
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"Speak slowly, Michael. He is an honourable man."
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"When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes."
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"You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year."
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"I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge."
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
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"A man may build a complicated piece of mechanism, or pilot a steamboat, but not more than five out of ten know how the apple got into the dumpling."
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"The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme."
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"Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake."
Mistake
"War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war."
War
"We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river."
Criticism
"We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end."
Friendship
"My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man."
Family
"I will speak with a straight tongue."
Honesty
"Good words will not give me back my children."
Family
"We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone."
Man
"I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated."
Government
"My people were divided about surrendering."
People
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