All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free… — 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
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people. — Chief Joseph Copy Share
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
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
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
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
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy. — Chief Joseph Copy Share
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the… — Chief Joseph Copy Share
For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of… — Chief Joseph Copy Share
