"They are the natural, and in the strictest sense of the word, the legal possessors of the several Regions they inhabit. . .. They may naturally and justly attempt to repell intruders, whom they may ap…"

"They may appear human, but they are scarcely above brutes in their way of living."

"I have flogged men for less than what these natives dare to do in their insolence."

"I have taken possession of this land for His Majesty King George III, despite the natives' claims."

"Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go."