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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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Cursed

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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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 Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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 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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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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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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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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 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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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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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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