"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."
-Chief Joseph
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"We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.“
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