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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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Big name often stands on small legs.
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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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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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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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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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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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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I know that my race must change.
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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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