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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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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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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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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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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 know that my race must change.
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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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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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