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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
Truth
Takes
Words
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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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 labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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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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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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 does not require many words to speak the truth.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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 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 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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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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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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