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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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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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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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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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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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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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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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 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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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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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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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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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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