"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."

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds, and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes."

"The white man has taken everything from us. But he cannot take our spirit."

"I would rather die than surrender."

"So many of our people died that I consented to let one of my wives go to the Mescalero Agency in New Mexico to live. This separation is according to our custom equivalent to what the white people call…"