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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
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Finest
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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 am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.
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I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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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 gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
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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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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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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.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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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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My people were divided about surrendering.
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We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
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I know that my race must change.
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