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.
TECUMSEHWe 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.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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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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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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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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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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