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A Study Guide for Chief Joseph's "I Will Fight No More Forever"
A Study Guide for Chief Joseph's "I Will Fight No More Forever"
A Study Guide for Chief Joseph's "I Will Fight No More Forever"
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A Study Guide for Chief Joseph's "I Will Fight No More Forever"

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A Study Guide for Chief Joseph's "I Will Fight No More Forever," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace for all of your research needs.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 14, 2016
ISBN9781535820684
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    A Study Guide for Chief Joseph's "I Will Fight No More Forever" - Gale

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    I Will Fight No More Forever

    Chief Joseph

    1877

    Introduction

    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. General Howard led the U.S. soldiers who, for over four months, had chased the Nez Perce—men, women, and children—from their native lands in the Wallowa Valley of eastern Oregon toward Canada. Colonel Miles came to the general's aid when it looked as though the Nez Perce might escape. Chief Joseph gave his speech to the general's adjutant (administrative staff officer), but it was also documented by journalists who had been following the progress of the Nez Perce retreat. It appeared in printed form in the November 17, 1877 issue of the magazine Harper's Weekly. Only sixteen sentences long, the speech is almost poetic in its simple

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