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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 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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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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 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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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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