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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

It soon became obvious that we were but on the threshold of the discovery.

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.

We had not seen any natives for many days, but a few passed the camp on the opposite side of the river on the evening of the 25th. They would not, however, come to us; but fled into the interior in great apparent alarm.

Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.