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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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Big name often stands on small legs.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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I know that my race must change.
Chief Joseph
