113 Quotes by Chief Joseph

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

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

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.

I want the white people to understand my people.

Words do not pay for my dead people.

I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.