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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

Tecumseh

Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
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Always Lonely Lying Meet Morning Pass Friend Place Salute Sign Strange Word
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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Country Demand Life Native Other Religion Respect Strength Trouble View
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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God Gratitude Life Morning Rise Strength Thank Thankful
Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
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Fault Grovel Lies Living Morning People Resonmjoy Respect Show Yourself
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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Always Even Friend Lonely Medicine Meet Native Pass Place Salute Sign Stranger Word
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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Battle Body Brother Defend Each Father Fight Grave Heart Native Other
Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Appreciation Death Enter Fear Heart Inspirational Live
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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Christ Dead Earth God Jesus Kill Own Son Start
My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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Bosom Earth Father Mother Recline Sun
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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Beautify Life Long Love Make People Perfect Seek Service
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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Abuse Native One Rob Spirit Thing Turn Vision Wise
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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Conceive Destiny Mind Nothing Own People Red Rule Think Universe
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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Day Death Divide Great Noble Over Prepare Song
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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Clad Forest Full Game Grave Mountain Return Valley Warrior
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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Children Colour Country Earth Gret Sea Sell Spirit
I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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Existence Forefather Own Son Take Warrior

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