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.”
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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 sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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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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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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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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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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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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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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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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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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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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