"I have killed many; I have scalped many. I have captured women and children. I have done all that is bad. But I did it to defend my people."

"We started with all our tribe to go with General Crook back to the United States, but I feared treachery and decided to remain in Mexico. We were not under any guard at this time. The United States tr…"

"I think I am a good man, but in the papers all over the world they say I am a bad man; but it is a bad thing to say so about me. I never do wrong without a cause."

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

"The Great Spirit made us all. He made the white man and the red man. He gave us different ways. We should respect each other's ways."