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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
Indian
Praying
Waiting
Race
Racism

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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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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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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.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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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I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are treated. If I cannot go to my own home, let me have a home in a country where my people will not die so fast.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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I know that my race must change.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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