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Quotation from I Will Fight No More Forever by Chief Joseph

“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.”

Chief Joseph

I Will Fight No More Forever, Harper's Weekly text, sentences 11-12 (Harper's Weekly, 17 November 1877)

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Joseph's one request: time to search for those who fled the camp.

Citation: "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." — Chief Joseph, I Will Fight No More Forever, Harper's Weekly text, sentences 11-12 (Harper's Weekly, 17 November 1877). (id i-will-fight-no-more-forever-q4)

Virtues: Charity

Portrait: Chief Joseph by Edward Sheriff Curtis, Edward S. Curtis / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.

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