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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
Waiting
Race
Racism
Indian
Praying

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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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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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I know that my race must change.
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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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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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