"As I hid myself in my little room in the college dormitory, away from the scornful and yet curious eyes of the studen…"

"For the white man's papers I had given up my faith in the Great Spirit. For these same papers I had forgotten the hea…"

"In this fashion many have passed idly through the Indian schools during the last decade, afterward to boast of their …"

"These were my mother's pride,-my wild freedom and overflowing spirits. She taught me no fear save that of intruding m…"

"I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids. Then I lost m…"

"It was next to impossible to leave the iron routine after the civilizing machine had once begun its day's buzzing; an…"

"Within a week I was again actively testing the chains which tightly bound my individuality like a mummy for burial. T…"

"After my first three years of school, I roamed again in the Western country through four strange summers. During this…"

"Though I burned with indignation upon discovering on every side instances no less shame-ful than those I have mention…"

"Leaving my mother, I returned to the school in the East. As months passed over me, I slowly comprehended that the lar…"