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Thread #83957   Message #1546608
Posted By: *daylia*
21-Aug-05 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: BS: Tucumseh vs Bush?
Subject: RE: BS: Tucumseh vs Bush?
gee Donuel, thanks for the foresight    :-/

Maybe Tucumseh knew that 200 years ago too -
Tucumeth to Harrison, Aug 11 1810

How can we have confidence in the white people? When Jesus Christ came upon the earth, you killed him, the son of your own God, you nailed him up!! You thought he was dead, but you were mistaken. And only after you thought you killed him did you worship him, and start killing those who would not worship him. What kind of people is this for us to trust?

Now, Brother, everything I have said to you is the truth, as Washemoneto
[Great Spirit] has inspired me to speak only truth to you. I have declared myself freely to you about my intentions. And I want to know your intentions. I want to know what you are going to do about taking our land. I want to hear you say that you understand now, and you will wipe out that pretended treaty, so that the tribes can be at peace with each other, as you pretend you want them to be. Tell me, Brother. I want to know.

Were it not for the word "Brother" and the spirit behind it, I could as easily imagine that last paragraph spoken by an Iraqi or Palestinian leader today, as by the late great Shawnee.