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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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.
love-you native-american perfect
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
native-american views demand
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
death song hero
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
white land people
The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
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...
inspirational appreciation fear
Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
song love-you native-american
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. 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. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide
children home games
The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children; and he gave them strength and courage to defend them.
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.
brought cannot country curses deserve people pour refine war
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.
reform sooner trying war
War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over.
courage men perfect
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.