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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
Toughest
Fur
Finest
Cover
Meat
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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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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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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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.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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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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I know that my race must change.
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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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