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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
Faced
Twice
Two
Look
Looks
Men

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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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 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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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 labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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