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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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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are treated. If I cannot go to my own home, let me have a home in a country where my people will not die so fast.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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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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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.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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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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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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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 will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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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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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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