I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great as the conceptions of my mind, when I think of the spirit that rules the universe.
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Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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