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

"If I had been let alone I would now have been in good circumstances, but instead of that you and the Mexicans are hunting me with soldiers."

"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."

"Much that was done by mean white men was reported at Washington as the deeds of my people."

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

"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 …"