USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -"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.” On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph spoke these words during his surrender in the Bear Paw Mountains of Montana.

Detailed explanation-2: -"I Will Fight No More Forever” is the name given to the speech made by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce on October 5, 1877, when the Nez Perce were forced to surrender to Colonel Nelson Miles and General O. O. Howard after the Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Howard called another treaty council in May 1877, but this time, there would be no negotiation. Howard told Joseph and the other chiefs that their people would need to move, and would have 30 days to do it. If they refused, the army would move them by force.

Detailed explanation-4: -He said when Joseph told the two to tell Howard “what he told me before I have in my heart, ” Joseph was referring to the general’s promise that the Nez Perce would be sent to the reservation in Idaho should they surrender.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chief Joseph is said to have responded to the general with an address that focused on respect for human equality. He expressed his disbelief that “the Great Spirit gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.” Howard threatened a cavalry attack to remove the Wallowa Nez Perce.