"General Crook said to me, 'Why did you leave the reservation?' I said: 'You told me that I might live in the reservation the same as white people lived. One year I raised a crop of corn, and gathered …"

"I have prayed to the Great Spirit. I have asked for guidance. I have asked for strength."

"I will protect my people if I live. For myself I do not fear for I have the word of Usen. Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?"

"Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?"

"The white man speaks of peace. But he makes war."