Quotes by Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

Chiefs

Country

Lawyer

All people should be treated the same way on earth.

Earth

People

Way

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

Bravery

Coward

Men

For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.

Land

Men

White Man

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 can live in peace and take care of themselves. I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and broken promises.

Heart

Home

Tired

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 wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.

Country

Men

White

I am not a child, I think for myself. No man can think for me.

Children

Men

Thinking

I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.

Bloodshed

People

Want

I know that my race must change.

Knows

Race

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

Bloodshed

Hard

Trouble

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Quotes by Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

All people should be treated the same way on earth.

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.

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 can live in peace and take care of themselves. I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and broken promises.

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 wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.

I am not a child, I think for myself. No man can think for me.

I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.

I know that my race must change.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

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