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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
Mistake
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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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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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 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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We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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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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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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