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Chief Joseph

"I want the white people to understand my people."

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"I want the white people to understand my people."

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"People who see beauty all around them live in a beautiful world. People who see danger all around them live in a dangerous world."

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"People with evil ideas will think and do as they have learned, but those people with good ideas have the responsibility to show them the way of love, way of truth, and the way of peace."

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"I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land."
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"I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth."
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"A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country."
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"My people were divided about surrendering."
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"The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind."
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"A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal."
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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 believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more."
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"I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed."
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"My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people."
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