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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
Work
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Alike
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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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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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I know that my race must change.
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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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The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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