Top 57 Quotes by Chief Joseph

The Indian race are waiting and praying.

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

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.

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 all people may be one people.

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

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 would end.

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.

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.

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.