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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
Chief Joseph
I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
Chief Joseph
The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
Chief Joseph
My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
Chief Joseph
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
Chief Joseph
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
A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
Chief Joseph
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
Chief Joseph
I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
Chief Joseph
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
Chief Joseph
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
Chief Joseph
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
Chief Joseph
