"When all were counted, I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain."

"Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, killed all the warriors of the guard, ca…"

"We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us."

"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."

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