I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.

Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.

Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?

Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines.

If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.

American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.

In my proper character, an officer of the United States army.