About Tecumseh: Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy (known as Tecumseh's Confederacy) which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812.
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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.
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living, If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
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.
Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a...
When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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.
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.