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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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Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.
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I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
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We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
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I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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