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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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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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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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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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 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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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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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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.
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.
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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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