The First White Men Of

A Chief Called Lawyer, Because He Was A Great Talker, Took The Lead In The Council, And Sold Nearly All The Nez Perce Country.

Big Name Often Stands On Small Legs.

I Labored Hard To Avoid Trouble And Bloodshed.

I Only Ask Of The Government To Be Treated As All Other Men Are Treated.

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.