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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.
Chief Joseph
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Chief Joseph
Age: 64 †
Born: 1840
Born: March 3
Died: 1904
Died: September 21
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Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
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We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.
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