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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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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 saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
Chief Joseph
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.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
Chief Joseph
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.
Chief Joseph
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
Chief Joseph
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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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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.
Chief Joseph
We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
Chief Joseph
We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
Chief Joseph
When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
Chief Joseph
Good words will not give me back my children.
Chief Joseph
