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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
Animal
Great
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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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Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.
Chief Joseph
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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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I know that my race must change.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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.
Chief Joseph
Big name often stands on small legs.
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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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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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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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 would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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