"The white man is like a coyote. He is cunning. He is sneaky. He is a thief."

"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me."

"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us."

"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."

"The Apache is a child of the mountains. He loves the mountains. He lives in the mountains. He dies in the mountains."