"We started with all our tribe to go with General Crook back to the United States, but I feared treachery and decided to remain in Mexico. We were not under any guard at this time. The United States tr…"

"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. …"

"When a child, my mother taught me the legends of our people; taught me of the sun and sky, the moon and stars, the clouds and storms."

"We are now held on Comanche and Kiowa lands, which are not suited to our needs-these lands and this climate are suited to the Indians who originally inhabited this country, of course, but our people a…"

"Much that was done by mean white men was reported at Washington as the deeds of my people."