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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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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 saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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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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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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.
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