The subject is peace and unity, expressed through words linking enduring natural cycles, human brotherhood, national strength through union, and the Chickasaw people's constitution and laws. Alexander L. Posey invokes peace lasting as long as snowy peaks, streams flowing to the ocean, and years renewing their youth; Robert Burns envisions a world in which man to man shall be brothers; Theodore Roosevelt praises the wisdom of making strength through union part of national life; and Haskell Paul affirms that the soul of the Chickasaw people lies within their constitution and laws.