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Great Quotes by Chief Joseph
- We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with…
- If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same…
- The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying.
- We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will give every man…
- I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must…
- I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one…
- I am ready to talk today. I have been in a great many councils, but I am no wiser. We are all sprung from a…
- The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could…
- Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
- Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he…
- I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that…
- All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
- We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
- A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.
- We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not; and would change the rivers and mountains if…
- If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men…
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