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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.
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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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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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 saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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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 will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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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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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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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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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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