"I don't want any man who will talk bad about me, and tell lies, to be there, because I am going to try and live well and peaceably. I want to have a good man put over me."

"There was no time for grief. We had to go on."

"When a child, my mother taught me the legends of our people; taught me of the sun and sky, the moon and stars, the clouds and storms."

"I have fought for my land. I have fought for my family. I have fought for my life."

"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."