Surrender
By: Chief Joseph
Year of the speech
October 5th, 1877
Speech
"Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our Chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Ta Hool Hool Shute is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led on the young men is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are - perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. 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
"Thunder Traveling to the Loftier Mountain Heights."
General Howard and Chief Joseph
General Howard
General Oliver Otis Howard
Wallowa Valley in the Northwest in Idaho
This land is the reason we fought the Nez Perce for.
Wallowa Valley
Nez Perce
The tribe.
Army
General Howard army.