"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. It has been a long time since then, but still I have no love for the Mex…"

"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust."

"The white man's road is not our road."

"I am a complete man. Nothing has gone from my body. From here on I want to live at peace. Don't believe any bad talk you hear about me."

"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 and everything drew a free breath. I want to die ther…"