hink it was a great thing to bring these chiefs together, and so long as
I live I am going to tell this story to my children and my grandchildren.
I think that Chief Two Moons and Chief Plenty Coups were the two greatest
men in the council. They impressed me more than any others by their
appearance. Two Moons was not dressed up, but he showed that he was a
man. I feel as I sit talking here with you that we are brothers together.
And I say farewell to all the chiefs with a sad heart.

CHIEF WHITE HORSE: This council of all the chiefs seems to me to be a
wonderful idea. I have met a good many whom I have never seen before, and
it was a great surprise to me, and my heart felt glad. These different
tribes of Indians have been enemies to each other for generations back,
but we have now been at peace with each other for many years. But now we
all meet here and see each other. I think your idea of taking notes and
making a record of our lives and taking pictures of us, of our Indian
costumes and our manners, is a great thing. I am old enough now and do
not expect to live very long, but I am very glad that this record is to be
made, and put on file in the Great Father's house at Washington. Another
thing I would like to say: we all speak different languages, and we are
all as helpless as a child, and we want you to help us in our needs during
our last days. My trip here was the first time I have ever been on an
iron horse, and there are a great many lessons that I learned from my ride
here. When I came here and saw all the Indians speaking different
languages and looking different, and I saw all that was going on and heard
their speeches by sign language, I thought it was one of the most
important events in my life. The first lesson I got while riding on the
iron horse was to see the coaches filled with white people, and when I
went in they all looked at me and looked as though I was a great curiosity
to them. When I first saw the white people I felt backward--they looked at
me so hard. I felt backward, but I finally felt more at ease, for I
thought, I am going to die anyway. I looked over the white people and
their dress, and I looked over the ceiling of the coach, and I thought
these are all wonderful things. I looked out of the window and the train
was going so fast that it seemed to me I was on the wings of a great bird.
We travelled so fast I could not see the things very near the coach. When
we used to trav