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“Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.”

Chief Joseph · Travel

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Chief Joseph

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 move onto the reservation.

Home

Chief Joseph

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 not let us alone.

Loneliness

Chief Joseph

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.

Sad

Chief Joseph

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

War