My people wish for peace; the red men all wish for peace; but where the white people are, there is no peace for them, except it be on the bosom of our mother.
– Tecumseh
Shawnee chief’s speech to the Osages, winter 1811-1812.
My people wish for peace; the red men all wish for peace; but where the white people are, there is no peace for them, except it be on the bosom of our mother.
– Tecumseh