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Brothers, the white people are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble and harmless, but invigorate them with warmth and they sting their benefactors to death.
Tecumseh
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Tecumseh
Died: 1813
Died: October 5
Tribal Chief
Ohio
United States
Shooting star
Brother
Benefactors
White
Sting
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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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