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.
TECUMSEHAlways give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all for the use of each.
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit.
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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided.”
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
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From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!
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When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not.
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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I would not then come to Governor Harrison to ask him to tear up the treaty, and to obliterate the landmark, but I would say to him, “Sir, you have the liberty to return to your own country.”
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