"I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors.……" — Tecumseh
"I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence."
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28 Quotes by Tecumseh
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I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and…
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The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming…
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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people?…
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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did…
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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of…
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not…
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Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other's battles; and more than…
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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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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion;…
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The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these…
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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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