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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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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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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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.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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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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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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 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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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