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!
TECUMSEHLet 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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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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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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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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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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 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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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