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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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.
tribes fortune makers
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
good-morning strength thanksgiving
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
dream greatness legends
When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
warrior son existence
I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
native-american views demand
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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.
differences people body
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.
business society alive
I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.
death military war
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
fields batteries artillery
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
death morning couple
I begin to regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash-and it may be well that we become so hardened.
native-american-indian indian-reservations indian
The only good Indian is a dead Indian