Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

When it comes to human success, I'm pretty sure the object doesn't need a net external force to move it.

Typically, I prefer to gag my own men. I'd never considered having them delivered to me that way.

By the time a man can afford to lose a golf ball he can't hit that far.

I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.

Spring-an experience in immortality.

There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise.

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

I never get bored, because there’s always different puzzles, I’m wearing different clothes, there’s different contestants, there’s different prizes.