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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
Sun
Fight
Fighting
Native
Stands
Indian

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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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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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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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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 did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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Big name often stands on small legs.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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