Chief Joseph
  • I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

  • 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.

  • All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.

  • 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.

  • 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.