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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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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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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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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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