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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
Fight
Fighting
Native
Stands
Indian
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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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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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I know that my race must change.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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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 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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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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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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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 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 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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