#ear

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#chiefs #fight #forever #hear #heart

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#equal #equal rights #mother #people #rights

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. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#chief #ear #ever #go #great

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#begin #heart #i #people #quiet

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#called #chief #council #country #great

I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#heart #how #i #leavenworth #much

When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#heart #hurt #killing #men #young

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#give #heart #i #rather #said

I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#been #buying #clearly #had #i

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy. ↗

— Curtis Joseph

#because #brother #cerebral #charity #community