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Chief Joseph

"I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth."

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"I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth."

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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 will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."
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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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"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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"An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward."
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