days I have never seen anything so great. We
have seen here the chiefs from all over the United States. It was
wonderful. You are the first man that ever brought such a thing to pass.
I enjoyed it very much more than I can tell. The thought of this thing
was a great thought, one of the greatest thoughts of our time. Many of
our Indians have gone to Washington, and have seen the Great White Father,
and have seen great things. These Indian chiefs have all been brought
here so that we could see them and talk with them by the sign language,
and I think it is most wonderful.

CHIEF RED WHIP: I think this is a great idea. I am glad to meet the
chiefs of all the tribes. I have never seen them before. It will not be
long until all these big chiefs are dead, and the younger generation will
read the history of these chiefs and see these pictures, and I am glad the
record is being made.

[Chief Koon-Ka-Za-Chy Addressing the Council]

Chief Koon-Ka-Za-Chy Addressing the Council

CHIEF KOON-KAH-ZA-CHY: I never before have seen so many chiefs meet
together. I have met a great many chiefs here whom I have never seen
before. When I was asked to come here I heard it was for the purpose of
making a record, and to me the thought was good. I am sorry in my heart
that I must say farewell to all these chiefs.

CHIEF RUNNING BIRD: I am sixty years old, and when I came to this ground
it was ground I had never seen before in my life. I met the chiefs whom I
had never seen before. I had heard of them but had not seen them. I was
very glad to come here and see the old-time tepees, the kind of tepees our
fathers used to live in. I grew up to manhood myself in this kind of a
tepee, and I had good health. Now When they give us a house to live in I
am not healthy at all. I am getting old now, and am getting up in years,
and all I wish now at the present time is that my children shall grow up
industrious and work, because they cannot get honour in the war as I used
to get it--they can only get honour now by working hard. I can only teach
my children that the way to get honour is to go to work, and be good men
and women. These impressions have been strengthened by this council. I
shall go home and tell the other Indians and our agent about the council,
for the meeting of the chiefs will always live in my memory.

CHIEF BRAVE BEAR: The meeting of all the chiefs, my friends and those who
are str