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Us 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…
- We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!
- Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of…
- The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
- 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…
- We do not want churches. They will teach us to quarrel about God.
- We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war…
- I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
- We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would…
- 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.
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