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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
May
Toughest
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Finest
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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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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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.
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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 did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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.
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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 first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
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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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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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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.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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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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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.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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