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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
Praying
Waiting
Race
Racism
Indian
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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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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.
Chief Joseph
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 know that my race must change.
Chief Joseph
Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
Chief Joseph
Look twice at a two-faced man.
Chief Joseph
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
Chief Joseph
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
Chief Joseph
A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
Chief Joseph
All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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 would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph
