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Brothers, the white men despise and cheat the Indians; they abuse and insult them; they do not think the red men sufficiently good to live. The red men have borne many and great injuries; they ought to suffer them no longer.

— Tecumseh Tecumseh to the Osages (1811)

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It requires all to make a bargain for all.

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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!

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?

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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, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided.

Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?

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