Top 57 Quotes by Chief Joseph

Words do not pay for my dead people.

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

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

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 our country.

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.

All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.

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 never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.