"We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river"

"If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse"

"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen"

"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle"

"I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse"

"Get off your horse and drink your milk"

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people"

"We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse"

"A good horse should be seldom spurred"

"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children"

"Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians"