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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.

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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Men
Chiefs
People
Ears
Hope
Spirit
Women
May
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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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Big name often stands on small legs.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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 Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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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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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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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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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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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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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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