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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.
- Father
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I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
- Men
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For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.
- Bloodshed
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
- Man
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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.
- Know
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I know that my race must change.
- Good
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
- Men
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I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
- Coward
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
- Man
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
- People
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Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
- Home
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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.
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