Father, It is true that it is customary for my people to rob white men, when they go to war, but I never knew them to kill one.
Father, My heart is distressed because my young men will not listen; they have no ears.
{292} Father, The offenders have not ears; they were afraid to come and see you, knowing they had done wrong.
Father, I came without fear, on a good horse, which I present to you. My people were afraid that I should come.
Father, I am without fear. I said, when I set out from my village, why should I fear, if my father strikes me, it is no more than a father does to his child.
Father, We are glad to hear your words; we will make peace; we will return to our village, and see what those dogs will do.
Father, That is all I have to say. I have done.
Chief of the Tappage band of the Grand Pawnees.
Father, I have come to see you; here I am, very poor.
Father, I have seen my father below, and this is my great father I wear round my neck.