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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.

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
Native
Stands
Indian
Sun
Fight
Fighting

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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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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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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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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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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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 labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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