Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.” stated tecumseh. 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 grovel to none.”
Chief Tecumseh.”When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.” stated Tecumseh.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the 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 hero going …show more content…
Believed to have been born in present-day Ohio, his father was killed at the Battle at Point
Pleasant in 1774. He was perhaps the most important Indian leader of the early nineteenth century. He worked with his brother Tenskwatawa, known as 'The Prophet,' to unite American
Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory to defend themselves against white settlers. Tecumseh was born in 1768 near Chillicothe, Ohio. His father, Pucksinwah was a minor Shawnee war chief. His mother Methotaske was also Shawnee. In 1808, Tecumseh became the leader of a confederation made up of various tribes. He had a vision of uniting the tribes against the
Americans and forming an Independent Nation of Native Americans East of the Mississippi. It was known as Tecumseh's Confederacy and was involved in both the War of 1812 and
Tecumseh's War. For Native Americans, the War of 1812 was a desperate struggle for freedom and independence. Native Americans became involved in the conflict to secure British support for their own war against the United States. Led by Tecumseh, they played a key role in defending Canada. Col. R.M. Johnson using a pistol to kill Tecumseh during the War of 1812,