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The Indian race is waiting and praying.

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
Racism
Indian
Praying
Waiting
Race

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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 know that my race must change.
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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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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.
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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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