Chief Joseph Nez Perce (Nimiputimt) A long time ago, the Nimipu people were not many in number I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. Good words do not last long unless they amount to something. Words do not pay for my dead people. They do not pay for my country, now overrun by white men. Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get ...

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