ᏚᏅᏓᏒ ᏳᏂᎷᏣ ᎠᏂᏲᏍᎩ, ᏳᏂᏗᏍᎩᏌᎾ ᏂᎦᏓ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ, ᏭᏕᎵᎬ ᎢᏣ ᏳᏫᏚᏂᎧᎾ, ᎨᏍᏗ ᏯᏉᎯᏳᎮ ᎣᎩᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏧᎵᏍᎨᏛ ᎪᏪᎵ ᏃᎴ ᎦᏙ ᏗᎦᏂᏴᏙᏗ, ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏓᏛᎴᏫᏍᏔᎾ ᎭᏂ ᏩᏯ ᏃᎴ ᏚᎨᏓᎵᏛ ᎤᏏᏩ ᎢᏧᏅᏂᏗ.
If the soldiers came marching into the mountains and began collecting everyone on the Nation together and taking them off to the West, I had little faith our sheaf of inconclusive letters and vague legal papers would stop them from coming on up to Wayah and emptying our coves too, deeds or no deeds.