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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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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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.
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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 saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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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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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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I know that my race must change.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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