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Little Turtle
5 quotes
“I have been the last to sign this treaty; I will be the last to break it.”
Little Turtle (1752–1812) first seen 1795 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: upon signing the Treaty of Greenville, August 3, 1795
“My forefather kindled the first fire at Detroit; from thence, he extended his lines to the head waters of Scioto; from thence, to its mouth; from thence, down the Ohio, to the mouth of the Wabash, and from thence to Chicago, on lake Michigan.”
Little Turtle (1752–1812) said by 1812 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More of us have died since the Treaty of Greeneville than we lost by the years of war before, and it is all owing to the introduction of liquor among us.”
Little Turtle (1752–1812) said by 1812 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This liquor that they introduce into our country is more to be feared than the gun and tomahawk.”
Little Turtle (1752–1812) said by 1812 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here I am deaf and dumb. When I walk through the streets I see every person in his shop employed about something. Once makes shoes, another hats, a third sells cloth, and everyone lives by his labor. I say to myself, which of all these things can you do? not one. I can make a bow or an arrow, catch fish, kill game, and go to war, but none of these is of any use here.”
Little Turtle (1752–1812) said by 1812 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source