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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
Cursed
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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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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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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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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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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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 first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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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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Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
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