Quotes by Chief Joseph

Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all...

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My people were divided about surrendering.

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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

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My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.

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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to...

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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa...

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It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my...

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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken...

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It does not require many words to speak the truth.

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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live...

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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of...

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I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the...

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