Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun.
TECUMSEHNo tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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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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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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 Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
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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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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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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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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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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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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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