The event in the history of the West in the late 1800s that prompted Chief Joseph to give this speech was the defeat of American Indian peoples by United States troops. This speech, known as "I Will Fight No More Forever," was delivered after the Nez Perce War, highlighting Chief Joseph's despair over the suffering of his people and the loss of their struggle against U.S. military forces.
What event in the history of the West in the late 1800s prompted Chief Joseph to give this speech?
I am tired of fighting... 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.
- "I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph
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O the expansion of buffalo hunting by American Indians like the ez Percé
O the Ghost Dance, a new American Indian religious ceremony
O the defeat of American Indian peoples by United States troops
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the death of Sitting Bull, an important Lakota leader
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