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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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
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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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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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 my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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 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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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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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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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I know that my race must change.
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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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