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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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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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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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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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 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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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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 makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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