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?
TECUMSEHThe Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn’t the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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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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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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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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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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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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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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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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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