Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself -- and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.” ~ Chief Joseph (1840-1904) Chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce IndiansSource: Lincoln Hall Speech, Washington, DC (January 14, 1879)