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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
Nothing
Tired
Talk
Comes

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We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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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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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.
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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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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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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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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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