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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.
Chief Joseph
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Chief Joseph
Age: 64 †
Born: 1840
Born: March 3
Died: 1904
Died: September 21
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Wallowa Valley
Joseph Buruzagia
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Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Heinmot Tooyalaket
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We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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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I know that my race must change.
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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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We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.
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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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I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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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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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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