Geronimo — "I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us."

"Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, killed all the warriors of the guard, ca…"

"I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive."

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

"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 came with a book and a gun, and he took our land."