Padahoon monologue — The Arrow-Maker: A Drama in Three Acts

(_Rising._) Chief and tribesmen, you know me. What I think in my heart, I say; and what I say I do. The pinyon trees are ours, since the time of our father's fathers (_general assent_), and this is a vain fight for the men of Castac. Inasmuch as they have crossed our borders, they do evilly, but they are also Paiutes, as we are, and sons of the Bear. Aforetime when the Tecuyas came against us, they were as our brothers. Now, were I war leader, I should leave them at Pahrump and, going up behind the ridge of Toorape, strike at their villages. When we have their women and children and their stores, we can make terms with our brothers of Castac. So shall we save our honor and our allies.