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

I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.

He was a man, that he always performed his promises, that he had never said he would return.

It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.

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.

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

May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.