Chief Joseph

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If you tie up a horse to a stake, do you expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian up on a small spot of earth, and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented, nor will he grow and prosper. I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They can not tell me.

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Chief Joseph. Speech in Lincoln Hall. 14 Jan. 1879, Lincoln Hall, Washington, DC, USA.

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Chief Joseph. "An Indian's Views of Indian Affairs." Great Speeches by Native Americans, edited by Bob Blaisdell. Dover Publications, 2012.

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Chief Joseph. Surrender message to General Howard. 4 Oct. 1877.

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Speech of surrender at end of the Nez Perce War, October 5th, 1877.

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Chief Joseph. "I Will No Longer Fight Forever More." 5 Oct. 1877, Blaine County, Montana Territory, USA.

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