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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.

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
Passed
Saws
War
Time
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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It takes few words to tell 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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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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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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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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