When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
TECUMSEHWhen the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
TECUMSEHA single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
TECUMSEHLet us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
TECUMSEHThe Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TECUMSEHI am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
TECUMSEHThe 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.
TECUMSEHShow respect to all people, but grovel to none.
TECUMSEHFrom my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
TECUMSEHI am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
TECUMSEHSing your death song and die like a hero going home.
TECUMSEHTrouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
TECUMSEHI 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.
TECUMSEHSing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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.
TECUMSEHAbuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
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