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People Quotes by Chief Joseph
- Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where they…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. .…
- I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
- Words do not pay for my dead people.
- I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.
- My people were divided about surrendering.
- I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
- My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
- Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
- General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and…
- 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…
- The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
- We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to…
- 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…
- It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.
- The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had…
- I want the white people to understand my people.
- I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
- 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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