When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.Chief Joseph
I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
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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.
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