Occupation: Tribal Chief Death: October 5, 1813
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..
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before t….
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 yo….
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none..
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 lit….
Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other's battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit..
I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world. From my tribe I take nothing. I am the ma….
When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing thos….
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength..
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vani….
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 th….
No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the ea….
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..
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision..
The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first..
The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies..
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 grove….
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide..
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune..