"I cannot tell you how I felt when I learned that my mother, my wife, and my little children had been murdered."

"Still covered with the blood of my enemies, still holding my conquering weapon, still hot with the joy of battle, victory, and vengeance, I was surrounded by the Apache braves and made war chief of al…"

"I was praying to the light and to the darkness, to God and to the sun, to let me live quietly with my family. I don't know what the reason was that people should speak badly of me. I don't want to be …"

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds, and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes."

"The Indians always tried to live peaceably with the white soldiers and settlers."