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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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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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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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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 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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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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When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
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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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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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