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Chief Joseph was forced to surrender or face extinction. The US Policy at the time was to kill all 'Indians' that could claim land and who would not surrender, Chief Joseph and his tribe owned around 42,874 square miles of land (the same size as the State of Virginia) that the United States wanted, at all costs.
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Why did chief Joseph choose to surrender?
cold,tired and hungry.
Why did the Chief Joseph vow to fight no more forever?
Chief Joseph vowed to fight "no more and forever" because he did not want to lose any more of his people in a battle over land. He hoped that America would honor its promise of equality for all.
Who was the Lakota Sioux leader and war chief who lured an army detachment into an ambush in Wyoming?
Chief Joseph
What 2 famous generals met at appomattox court house for surrender?
Grant (Union) taking the surrender of Lee (Confederate). Some say that George Meade should have taken the surrender, as commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac. Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union, travelling alongside the army.
What is the effect of the battle of Chattanooga?
It gave high credibility to U.S. Grant, who had saved the Army of the Cumberland from starvation and surrender, and paved the way for Grant's appointment as General-in-Chief.
Why did chief Joseph of the nez perce Indians advise his people to surrender?
Resistance was hoopeless Resistance was simply too impossibly hopeless for them.
What did chief Joseph agree to surrender?
because he was a chief
Why did Chief Joseph agree to surrender?
he was crazy
Why did chief Joseph choose to surrender?
cold,tired and hungry.
Who said from where the sun now stands you will fight no more forever?
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe tried to lead his people to Canada for safety. They were just forty miles from the Canadian Village when they were captured by the Army. Despondent and worried about his people he made the famous surrender speech. The last line of it is actually "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever"
When did Chief Joseph surrender?
April 22 1867, he go on his knees and sucked and dis peanuts
When did Chief Joseph 2nd surrender?
April 22 1867, he go on his knees and sucked and dis peanuts
Who said from where the sun stands now i will fight no more forever?
chief Joseph the younger of the nez perce
Who is chief Joseph and what did he do?
Chief joseph is a chief who led his people 1200 miles to freedom but got caught at the border.Read more: Who_was_Chief_Joseph
What was the great Indian chief of the Nezperce who saved his people?
chief Joseph
What happened to chief Joseph and his people?
Chief Joseph led his people in an effect to hold on the the Nez Perce homeland and to avoid war with the United States.
What did Chief Joseph do to make him important?
Chief joseph is a chief who led his people 1200 miles to freedom but got caught at the border.Read more: Who_was_Chief_Joseph
