“From where the sun now stands”
The following is the most famous part of Chief Joseph’s speech to Colonel Miles of the U.S. Army after surrendering to him on Oct. 13, 1877:
“Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before
I have in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed . . .
The old men are all 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 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.”
