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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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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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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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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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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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Big name often stands on small legs.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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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 gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.
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All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
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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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I know that my race must change.
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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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