"I do not know how far the United States army went after myself, and some warriors turned back before we were missed, and I do not care."

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds, and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes."

"We never prayed against any person, but if we had aught against any individual we ourselves took vengeance. We were taught that Usen does not care for the petty quarrels of men."

"There are very few of my men left now. They have done some bad things but I want them all rubbed out now and let us never speak of them again."

"I was praying to the light and to the darkness, to God and to the sun, to let me live quietly with my family. I don't know what the reason was that people should speak badly of me. I don't want to be …"