First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.

If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.

For us, warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who can not provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity.

I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.

I surrender this rifle to you through my young son, whom I now desire to teach in this manner that he has become a friend of the Americans. I wish him to learn the habits of the whites and to be educated as their sons are educated. I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. This boy has given it to you, and he now wants to know how he is going to make a living.