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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 saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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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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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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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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Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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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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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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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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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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