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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
Faced
Twice
Two
Look
Looks
Men

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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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 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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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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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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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 damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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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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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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.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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