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"One of my legs is shot off!" Tecumseh Quotes
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Also known as Tecumtha, this Shawnee leader and warrior was a major figure in Native American history and played a large role in the War of 1812. These are some of his famous quotes.
| | When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness. |
| | 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. |
| | One of my legs is shot off! But leave me one or two guns loaded— I am going to have a last shot. Be quick and go! |
| | Our beloved chief Moluntha stood with the American flag in front of him and that very peace treaty in his hand, but his head was chopped by a American officer, and that American officer was never punished. Brother, after such bitter events, can you blame me for placing little confidence in the promises of Americans? |
| | A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. |
| | No tribe has the right to sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn't the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children? |
| | The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land for it was never divided. |
| | 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. |
| | We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave. |
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