"It does not require many words to speak the truth."
-Chief Joseph
Enough said.
Chief Joseph (1840-1904) was a leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa), a sect of the Nez Perce Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in Northeastern Oregon. The Wallowa were forced from their homeland by the U.S. Government. Chief Joseph lead resistance against this removal and ultimately was driven to seek political asylum in Canada with Sioux chief Sitting Bull. Chief Joseph was pursued by the U.S. Army, led by General Oliver O. Howard, for an astonishing 1,170 miles in 1877. The ensuing battles and pursuit were branded as the Nez Perce war. Chief Joseph was heralded and admired for his honorable defiance.
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