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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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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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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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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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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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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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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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
Chief Joseph