I Will Fight no More Forever By: Chief Joseph By: Adam, Ricardo, Taylor.

I Will Fight no More ForeverBy: Chief Joseph

By: Adam, Ricardo, Taylor

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I Will Fight no More Forever• I am tired of fighting.

Our chiefs are killed.

Looking Glass is dead.

Toohulhulsote is dead.

The old men are all dead.

It is the young men who say no and yes.

He who led the young men is 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 know where they are-

Perhaps they are freezing to death.

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.

Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired.

My heart is sad and sick.

From where the sun now stands

I will fight no more forever.

By: Chief Joseph


Thesis and Claim

• Chief Joseph desperately wanted peace• Refused to continue fighting • Realized their inevitable defeat• Chose not to risk anymore lives

“From where the sun now stands

I will fight no more forever.”


Tone and Attitude• He has lost many fellow Chief’s, friends, and

family• There are too many white men to be able to

overthrow them. • His reasoning is giving up may be the best

way to save what is left of his tribe.

“I am tired of fighting.



The old men are all dead.”


Purpose

• Declared their surrender• Acquired peace and harmony with the United States• Put an end to war and the progressive extinction of

his tribe• Persuaded and informed fellow chiefs of surrender

“I am tired of fighting.”


Audience and Occasion

• General Howard and the United States: declaration of surrender

• His fellow Chiefs: explanation and persuasion for surrender

Left to Right: General Howard and Chief Joseph

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“Our chiefs are killed.



The old men are all dead.

He who led the young men is dead.

It is cold and we have no blankets.”


Evidence and Data• Cannot continue battling • By waving the white flag, he is saving future

generations• Wanted to stop while he was still able to save some of

his friends and family• The white settlers were inevitable to win • Does not want to lose anyone else• Already lost many of his loved ones

“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.”


Appeals• Feelings and emotions• Constantly referred to the suffering of his tribe• Deaths due to freezing, starvation, and general warfare• Appeals to sympathy from U.S. towards his tribe• Focuses on deaths of innocent elders and children• Mourning the dead and hopes to save, recover, and

reconstruct his tribe

“It is cold and we have no blankets.”

“I want to have time to look for my children

And see how many of them I can find.”


Assumptions • The Chief knows the white man is going to

eventually win, so he makes the assumption that if they surrender now, he might be able to save what is left of his tribe.

• There are not many Indian’s left• He is saving future generations

“My heart is sad and sick.

From where the sun now stands



Style• Style is straight forward.• Used small sentence structures for a stronger

approach• Short statements:

– To the point– Repeats how much he cherishes his culture and tribe

members– Repetition of main statement

“From where the sun now stands



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I Will Fight no More Forever By: Chief Joseph By: Adam, Ricardo, Taylor.

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