I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.