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All people should be treated the same way on earth.

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
Earth
Way
People
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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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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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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I know that my race must change.
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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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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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I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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