From Where The Sun Now Stands I

Let Me Be A Free Man - Free To Travel, Free To Stop, Free To Work.

I Hope That No More Groans Of Wounded Men And Women Will Ever Go To The Ear Of The Great Spirit Chief Above, And That All People May Be One People.

I Have Heard Talk And Talk, But Nothing Is Done.

My People Were Divided About Surrendering.

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.