Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think, and act for myself--and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.
Chief Joseph
Hear me, my chiefs I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
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I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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This is the way we want to interact with everyone.... That's always our goal. The more that we can interact on a positive level, the better,.. We are out there stressing cooperation and building positive relationships.
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That's been resounded by many people
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She was in fear for her life,.. She had been told many times if she left him, harm would come to (her relatives).
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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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