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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
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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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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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
Chief Joseph
All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
Chief Joseph
