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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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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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 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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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