In the stated quote by Chief Joseph, he explains how he is tired and exhausted of all the various hurrendous acts of killing and murder. Furthermore, he is also tired of fighting. In this assertion, he is stating the different problems that occur during his time. For example, fighting, chiefs and old men dying, and struggling to survive in the freezing cold. Chief Joseph surrenders due to his current condition during that time and how he was tired of all the problems. In his percpective, he is saying that surrender is freedom at last. Surrender will break all his ties with the problems that occured while he was fighting. Therefore, it is not a weakness, but instead a method of strength. He does not want to admit defeat, but emphasizes that surrender is better. He is suggesting that the rest of his people should surrender along with him.
Chief Joseph uses different kinds of rhetoric devices in his quotation. Such examples may include the use of Pathos, syntax, and repition of diction. In this particular assertion, he uses Pathos to emphasize a tone of emotion towards the audience. His purpose was to make the audience feel a certain feeling, such as sadness, to make people understand his point of view. By using Pathos, he was able to express how surrender is not an action of cowardness, but a method of having to not experience any more of the terrible problems happening while fighting. An example of using Pathos would be when he said, "It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are freezing to death."
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