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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
Chief Joseph
I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.
Chief Joseph
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
Chief Joseph
Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
Chief Joseph
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
Chief Joseph
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
Chief Joseph
It takes few words to tell the truth.
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I know that my race must change.
Chief Joseph
Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
Chief Joseph
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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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.
Chief Joseph
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
Chief Joseph
The Indian race is waiting and praying.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph
I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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.
Chief Joseph
We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
Chief Joseph
We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
