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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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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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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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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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It takes few words to tell 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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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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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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 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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