ᎦᏰᎵᏍᏗ ᏳᎾᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅ ᏙᏰ, ᏃᎴ ᎦᎶᏇ ᏃᎴ ᏗᏍᏔᏲᏍᏙᏗ ᏳᎾᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗ, ᏰᎵᏉ ᏧᎾᏓᏟᏴᏗ ᏯᏁᎸᏔᏅ ᏗᎦᏅᎪᏫᏍᏗ, ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎢᎬ ᎾᏕᏅ ᎠᏁᎲ ᎦᏚᏏ, ᎠᏂᎦᏲᏟ ᎠᏁᎭ ᎠᏂᏳᏩᏁᎦ, ᏫᎦᎷᎯᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏒᎾ ᎤᎾᏗᏍᎦᎶᏗ ᏃᎴ ᏫᎬᏴᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎦᏗᏛ ᎠᏛᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏗᏍᎦᎶᏗ.
It would appear obvious that if they could provision themselves in these fastnesses of nature, and possessed arms and ammunition, they would be enabled to oppose every formidable resistance to any attempt to dislodge them, for it must be considered that they have the range of not merely the mountain region within the territory now occupied by them but that of a very extensive bed of mountains, so sparsely inhabited by whites as to offer them a secure and inaccessible shelter from invasion and yet a fertile field for their predatory incursions.