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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.

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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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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.
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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.
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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 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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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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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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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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