Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, Hinmatóowyalahtq̓it in Americanist orthography, popularly known as Chief Joseph or Young Joseph, succeeded his father Tuekakasas the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kainband of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in northeastern Oregon, in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth3 March 1840
CityWallowa River, OR
people
I want the white people to understand my people.
people earth way
All people should be treated the same way on earth.
people divided
My people were divided about surrendering.
men white-man people
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
people want bloodshed
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
people pay dead-people
Words do not pay for my dead people.
men people ears
I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
heart people my-heart
I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.
moving home people
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.
men white people
Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
chance earth equal great indian man men mother peace people rights spirit treat wants white
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
convinced happy stable woods
We're very happy with stable water, ... However, we're not convinced we're out of the woods yet.
death deaths personal reason senseless
These are senseless deaths in my personal opinion, ... I can't think of any reason I could give for these homicides.
fear harm left
She was in fear for her life, ... She had been told many times if she left him, harm would come to (her relatives).