I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.

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• Chief Joseph:

  When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.

• Chief Joseph:

  When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill.

• Chief Joseph:

  I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

• Chief Joseph:

  From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.

• Chief Joseph:

  You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.

• Chief Joseph:

  Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fig

• Chief Joseph:

  I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled an

• Chief Joseph:

  A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.

• Chief Joseph:

  I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

• Chief Joseph:

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