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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
Chief Joseph
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
Chief Joseph
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
Chief Joseph
We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.
Chief Joseph
Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
Chief Joseph
Good words will not give me back my children.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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I know that my race must change.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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