For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it... Do not misunderstand me, but… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other then we shall have no more wars. We shall be… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
