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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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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.
Chief Joseph
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
Chief Joseph
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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
I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
Chief Joseph
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
Chief Joseph
My people were divided about surrendering.
Chief Joseph
Good words will not give me back my children.
Chief Joseph
It takes few words to tell the truth.
Chief Joseph
My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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
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.
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.
Chief Joseph
The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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
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.
Chief Joseph
All people should be treated the same way on earth.
Chief Joseph
When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
Chief Joseph
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
Chief Joseph