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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
Cursed
Reputation
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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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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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 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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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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