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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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 would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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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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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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Big name often stands on small legs.
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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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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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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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I know that my race must change.
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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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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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