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.”
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.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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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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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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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.
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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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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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Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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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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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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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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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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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