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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
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Grizzlies
Deer
Bear
Bears

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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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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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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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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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