"I do not know how far the United States army went after myself, and some warriors turned back before we were missed, and I do not care."

"I was living peaceably and well, but I did not leave on my own accord. Had I left it would have been right to blame me; but as it is, blame those men who started this talk about me."

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. …"

"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."

"I have killed many Mexicans; I do not know how many, for frequently I did not count them. Some of them were not worth counting."