Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TECUMSEHBrothers, 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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great as the conceptions of my mind, when I think of the spirit that rules the universe.
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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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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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 the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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Brothers, the white people are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble and harmless, but invigorate them with warmth and they sting their benefactors to death.
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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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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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