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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.

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
Disappear
Deer
Morning
Hunts
Elk
Lasts
Mist
Plains
Last
Hunters
Vanishes
Freedom
Mice
Buffalo
Fall
Hunting
Hunter
Must
Falls
Disappears
Hills
Hunt

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