LOOK AT ME, I AM POOR AND NAKED,
BUT I AM A CHIEF OF A NATION.
WE DO NOT WANT RICHES
BUT WE DO WANT TO TRAIN OUR CHILDREN RIGHT.
RICHES WOULD DO US NO GOOD
WE COULD NOT TAKE THEM WITH US TO THE OTHER WORLD
WE DO NOT WANT RICHES.
WE WANT PEACE AND LOVE
RED CLOUD
WE DO NOT WANT CHURCHES
BECAUSE THEY WILL TEACH US TO QUARREL
ABOUT GOD,
AS THE
CATHOLICS AND THE PROTESTANTS DO
WE DO NOT WANT TO LEARN THIS
WE MAY QUARREL WITH MEN ABOUT
THINGS ON EARTH
BUT WE
WILL NEVER QUARREL ABOUT GOD
WE DO NOT WANT TO LEARN THIS
CHIEF JOSEPH
YOU MUST SPEAK STRAIGHT
SO THAT YOUR WORDS GO
AS
SUNLIGHT INTO THE HEART
COCHISE
GREAT SPIRIT
I
WANT NO BLOOD UPON MY LAND
TO STAIN THE GRASS.
I WANT IT ALL CLEAR AND PURE,
AND I WISH IT SO,
THAT ALL WHO GO THROUGH AMONG
MY PEOPLE MAY FINE IT
PEACEFUL WHEN THEY COME
AND LEAVE PEACEFUL WHEN THEY GO.
TEN BEARS
I BELIEVE MUCH TROUBLE AND BLOOD
WOULD BE SAVED IF
WE OPENED OUR HEARTS MORE
I WILL TELL YOU IN MY WAY
HOW THE INDIAN SEES THINGS.
THE WHITE MAN HAS MORE WORDS
TO TELL YOU HOW THEY LOOK TO HIM
BUT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE
MANY WORDS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH.
CHIEF JOSEPH
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