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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.

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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
Bears
Like
Grizzly
Grizzlies
Deer
Bear

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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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 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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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are treated. If I cannot go to my own home, let me have a home in a country where my people will not die so fast.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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I know that my race must change.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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