"We do not ask all of the land which the Almighty gave us in the beginning, but that we may have sufficient lands there to cultivate. What we do not need we are glad for the white men to cultivate."

"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."

"I was never again contented in our quiet home. True, I could visit my father's grave, but I had vowed vengeance upon the Mexican troopers who had wronged me, and whenever I came near his grave or saw …"

"My heart is good. I have never lied to my people. I have never betrayed them."

"The Apache is a child of the mountains. He loves the mountains. He lives in the mountains. He dies in the mountains."