En Route

-beth keck posted this on her blog-
“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food
and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.”

“Will we let ourselves be destroyed in our turn without a struggle, give up our homes, our country bequeathed to us
by the Great Spirit,
the graves of our dead and everything that is dear to us?
I know you will cry with me, “NEVER! NEVER!” ”

“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.”

“Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers. ”

“Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. ”

“Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. ”

Chief Tecumseh of Ohio