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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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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
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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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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
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We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.
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