"I was living peaceably with my family, having plenty to eat, sleeping well, taking care of my people, and perfectly contented. I don't know where those bad stories first came from."

"If I am killed no one need mourn for me. My people have all been killed in that country, and I, too, will die if need be."

"We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us."

"I was content until I was betrayed."

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