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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.
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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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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