Chief Joseph

“Our chiefs are killed... The little children are freezing to death.  My people... have no blankets, no food... My heart is sick and sad... I will fight no more forever.”

“Treat all men alike. Give them all the same laws. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.”

“We were content to let things remain as the Great Spirit made them. [The white men] were not, and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.” 

“Whenever the white man treats Indians as they treat each other, then we shall have no more wars. We shall be all alike…with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.”