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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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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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I know that my race must change.
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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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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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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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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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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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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