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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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
Tired
Talk
Comes
Nothing
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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 first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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 did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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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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