I Labored Hard To Avoid Trouble And

Lawyer Acted Without Authority From Our Band. He Had No Right To Sell The Wallowa Country.

All Men Were Made By The Great Spirit Chief. They Are All Brothers.

We Soon Found That The White Men Were Growing Rich Very Fast, And Were Greedy.

Words Do Not Pay For My Dead People.

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, Think And Act For Myself — And I Will Obey Every Law Or Submit To The Penalty.