CHIEF JOSEPH 1879
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
Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose.
Free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for my self - and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.
CHIEF RED CLOUD
They made us many promises
More than I can remember
But they kept but one
They promised to take our land and they took it.
CHIEF RED CLOUD
We were taught to believe the Great Spirit sees and hears everything
And that he never forgets that hereafter he will give every man a spirit home
According to his deserts.
If he has been a good man, he will have a good home.
If he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home.







