Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Tecumseh /tᵻˈkʌmsə, tᵻˈkʌmsi/ tə-KUM-sə, tə-KUM-seewas a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacywhich opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812...
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country cry dead dear destroyed graves great ourselves struggle turn
Will we let ourselves be destroyed in our turn without a struggle, give up our homes, our country bequeathed to us by the Great Spirit, the graves of our dead and everything that is dear to us? I know you will cry with me, "NEVER! NEVER!
council hold intend near offer powder presents refuse
As we intend to hold our council at the Huron village, that is near the British, we may probably make them a visit. Should they offer us any presents of goods, we will not take them; but should they offer us powder and the tomahawk, we will take the powder and refuse the tomahawk.
great people spirit
I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
destroy sell since whom
Since my residence at Tippecanoe, we have endeavored to level all distinctions, to destroy village chiefs, by whom all mischiefs are done. It is they who sell the land to the Americans.
song native-american great-day
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
lonely morning lying
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself...
country thinking justice
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. 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."
brother white people
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.
country children air
Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
mother father earth
My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
lying men spirit
The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.
white land people
The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
men land justice
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.
wise native-american abuse
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.