The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children; and he gave them strength and courage to defend them.
TECUMSEHLive your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
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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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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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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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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn’t the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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