Are not women and children more timid than men? The Cheyenne warriors are not afraid, but have you never heard of Sand Creek? Your soldiers look just like those who butchered the women and children there.

– Roman Nose (Woquini)

The Cheyenne warrior to U.S. Army General Winfield Scott Handock. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, by Dee Brown. Chapter 7.