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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

Chief Joseph

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Chief Joseph
Age: 64 †
Born: 1840
Born: March 3
Died: 1904
Died: September 21
Tribal Chief
Wallowa Valley
Joseph Buruzagia
Hin-mut-too-uah-lat-kekht
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Heinmot Tooyalaket
Joseph the Younger
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I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are treated. If I cannot go to my own home, let me have a home in a country where my people will not die so fast.
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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
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