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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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
Sharper
Rest
Eyes
Eye
Father
People
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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I know that my race must change.
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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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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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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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 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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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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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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