"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. It has been a long time since then, but still I have no love for the Mex…"

"I would rather die than surrender."

"No gun will ever kill you. I will take the bullets from the guns... and I will guide your arrows."

"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me."

"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."