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old by Governor Harrison to place his faith in the good intentions of the United States, Tecumseh offers a bitter retort.
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adler71 on 29 Jan 14A retort is a response.
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revitalize their societies so that they can regain life as a unified people and put an end to legalized land grabs.
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You wish to prevent the Indians from doing as we wish them
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unite and let them consider their lands as the common property of the whole.
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ou take the tribes aside and advise them not to come into this measure.... You want by your distinctions of Indian tribes, in allotting to each a particular, to make them war with each other.
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ou are continually driving the red people, when at last you will drive them onto the great lake
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endeavored
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this land that was sold, and the goods that was given for it, was only done by a few.
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If you continue to purchase them, it will make war among the different tribes,
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If you will not give up the land and do cross the boundary of our present settlement, it will be very hard, and produce great trouble between us.
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the only way to stop this evil is for the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land,