113 Quotes by Chief Joseph

We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.

The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.

We do not want churches. They will teach us to quarrel about God.

When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.

The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same

The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it.

Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.

The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying.

I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.