put up their
tents and lived there, and also there was some kind of other people which
we have found were French. My grandfather had a great respect for these
white people as well as his own tribe, and thought very much of them and
tried to help them get along. As soon as the other tribes learned there
were some white people living near my grandfather's place, there was a
great gathering of the tribes to meet these white folks who were living on
the river. I have it in my heart to always remember what my folks told
me, and when I grew old enough to know I had respect for these white
people as well as my own tribe, and to-day my heart is just the same as it
was in those days. Furthermore, I have respect for any kind of people; it
does not make any difference to me from what part of the country they
come. It does not make any difference whether I don't understand their
language, but I always have respect for any kind of people who come to
this land, and to-day I am sitting here in a strange country and I am
worrying about my property in my own country, but at the same time I am
rejoicing in the work that Mr. Dixon is doing here, and I highly
congratulate him in this work. The work he is doing here to-day is work
that may never be done any more after this, and I have a great respect for
him this day because he is taking these photographs of my friends whom I
meet here at this place, and whom I will never see any more. I rejoice to
meet my own class of people who are coming here now. They all come from
different parts of the United States. I cannot speak their language nor
can I understand them all, but I do all I can to talk with them; and you,
too, Mr. Valentine, I am thinking of you as I am here talking with Mr.
Dixon, and at the same time I am rejoicing just as he has opened my eyes
and I hope that we will get along well. I am going to say I have respect
for the people you send to this country. I see that they have two eyes,
they have two ears, two limbs, two feet, and fingers as I have, but we all
have one head and one heart; we all breathe the same air and we stand on
the earth as brothers. The only difference between myself and the white
man is that his complexion is lighter than mine."

"I have a great love for you, President Taft, although I never saw your
face, or never listened to any of your talk, but I know what you want, and
I find you are greatly interested in the Indian, and so I am sitting here
a