"Often when I was alone in the mountains, I drank from the springs and I knew the animals and they knew me."

"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."

"If I am killed no one need mourn for me. My people have all been killed in that country, and I, too, will die if need be."

"We are a vanishing race, but we will not be forgotten."

"In all the battle I thought of my murdered mother, wife, and babies—of my father's grave and my vow of vengeance, and I fought with fury. Many fell by my hand, and constantly I led the advance. Many b…"