Best quotes by Chief Joseph on People

Checkout quotes by Chief Joseph on People

• ‟ The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

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• ‟ Words do not pay for my dead people.

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• ‟ I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

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

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• ‟ I want the white people to understand my people.

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• ‟ My people were divided about surrendering.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.

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• ‟ 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.

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

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