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.
TECUMSEHMy father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
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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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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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