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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
Men
Faced
Twice
Two
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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 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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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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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The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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I know that my race must change.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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