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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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 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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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
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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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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.
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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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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.
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