- Paladin: [First words] What do you want, Anderson? A horse? You could have had him for the asking. A golden haired woman? Or is it only my life you want?
- John Anderson: Well, this here's the place. 10 or 12 of them. Soldiers and the general.
- Paladin: General? That's right, Anderson. You were an army scout, weren't you? Called all commissioned officers general.
- John Anderson: That's democratic.
- Paladin: That's contempt.
- John Anderson: No, I have no contempt for the army. Exterminating the Indian nation is a dirty job and they do it as well as the next.
- Paladin: How old are the tracks?
- John Anderson: Do you want to run?
- Paladin: Not as small as the Apache, and as tall as the Sioux, they have been called the greatest light cavalry in the world.
- John Anderson: Ain't that just like a Nez Perce. You leave them their scalps and they'll die and go to heaven and act like heroes. They'll lie and say their enemies didn't kill them. They died in bed old men. They would've taken yours. You got a fine head of hair.
- Chief Chagra Tentez: You come when you are not invited, white man, and you attack my people.
- Paladin: No favours, chief of the Nez Perce. I come bearing gifts and your children are rude to me. I did no more to him than I would do to my own if they were rude to a guest.
- Chief Chagra Tentez: First, you beat my children with a club, then you teach me manners in my own tent. You are rash.
- Paladin: I have a short temper. But my journey has been long and hot.
- Chief Chagra Tentez: Leave the Sioux with me, I will be more happy with my bargain.
- Paladin: No. I need him to guide me out.
- Chief Chagra Tentez: He will slit your throat bye and bye. He is a Sioux.