Nez Perce Tribe

Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph quote: “You might as well expect rivers to…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “Words do not pay for my dead…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “When my young men began the killing…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “When an Indian fights, he only shoots…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We soon found that the white men…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We had good white friends who advised…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We gathered all the stock we could…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We gave up some of our country…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We had a great many horses, of…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We ask to be recognized as men…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We damaged all the big guns we…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “We did not know there were other…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “War can be avoided, and it ought…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “Treat all men alike. Give them the…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “The white men told lies for each…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “The Indian race are waiting and praying…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “The earth is the mother of all…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “The first white men of your people…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “Some of you think an Indian is…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “Our people could not talk with these…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “My father… had sharper eyes than the…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “My people were divided about surrendering…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “My father was the first to see…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “Let me be a free man —…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “Lawyer acted without authority from our band…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “It required a strong heart to stand…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “It makes my heart sick when I…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “It does not require many words to…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “I would give up everything rather than…”

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Chief Joseph quote: “I would have given my own life…”

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