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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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
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The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
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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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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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It takes few words to tell the truth.
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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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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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