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Chief Joseph Quotes (63 quotes)
 | Source/Notes: That all people may be one people, send rain to wash the face of the earth (1995 edition), Mountain Meadow Pr |
| “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.” ―Chief Joseph Source/Notes: An Indian's views of Indian affairs, 1879 |
| Source/Notes: That all people may be one people, send rain to wash the face of the earth (1995 edition), Mountain Meadow Pr |
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| “For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.” ―Chief Joseph Source/Notes: An Indian's views of Indian affairs (1973 edition) |
| Source/Notes: To General Miles in 1877. As reported in: U.S. Secretary of War Report 1877, p. 630 |
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| Source/Notes: The wisdom of the great chiefs: the classic speeches of Chief Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, and Chief Seattle (1994 edition) - ISBN: 9781880032404 |
| Source/Notes: The wisdom of the great chiefs: the classic speeches of Chief Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, and Chief Seattle (1994 edition) - ISBN: 9781880032404 |
| Source/Notes: An Indian's views of Indian affairs (1973 edition) |
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Chief Joseph
Born: March 3, 1840
Died: September 21, 1904 (aged 64)
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Leader
Bio: Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph succeeded his father Tuekakas as the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in what is today the State of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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