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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
People
Treated
Earth
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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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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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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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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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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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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 saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
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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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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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Good words will not give me back my children.
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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.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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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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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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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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