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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
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Fighting
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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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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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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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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I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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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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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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