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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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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
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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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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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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 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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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 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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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