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?
TECUMSEHSell 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?
TECUMSEHWhere 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.
TECUMSEHNo tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
TECUMSEHThe white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
TECUMSEHWhen 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.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TECUMSEHGive thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
TECUMSEHLove 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.
TECUMSEHThe 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.”
TECUMSEHBrothers, 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.
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.
TECUMSEHAlways give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
TECUMSEHAlways give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
TECUMSEHA single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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.
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