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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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 do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.
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