"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 soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians."

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

"So many of our people died that I consented to let one of my wives go to the Mescalero Agency in New Mexico to live. This separation is according to our custom equivalent to what the white people call…"

"I have seen the face of the enemy. It is the face of fear."