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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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 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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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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 believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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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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