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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. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
Chief Joseph
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
Chief Joseph
The Indian race is waiting and praying.
Chief Joseph
Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
Chief Joseph
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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
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.
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
We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
Chief Joseph
I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
Chief Joseph
My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph
I know that my race must change.
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
Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
Chief Joseph
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
Chief Joseph
Look twice at a two-faced man.
Chief Joseph
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
Chief Joseph
We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
Chief Joseph
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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
