Here the trees accepted him just the way he was, blue eyes and all. So did the grasses, and the birds, and the rabbits. Here, by the river, he was just a boy.”
-- Narrator (1 )

Importance: This is part of the introduction in which the reader learns that Jimmy is struggling because he has light skin and hair with blue eyes. He enjoys being alone with nature because there are no struggles there.

Long Knives everywhere were known to shoot at any Lakota, alone or in a village.”
-- Nyles (2 )

Importance: This is part of one of Nyles's early stories about Crazy Horse. The term Long Knives refers to the white soldiers who entered Lakota territory and became an important enemy. The fact that they were willing to kill women and children was part of the reason they were considered enemies.

They were told all the Indians were not to bother the people in the wagons...
-- Nyles (3 )