...said, "[The land] belongs to all for the use of each. For no [tribe] has a right to sell [the land], even to each other, much less to strangers — those who want all and will not do with less." the founder of an Empire that would rival in glory [the Aztecs in] Mexico or [the Incas in] Peru." Tecumseh...

...rule "at first, and should be now—for it [the land] never was divided, but belongs to all. No tribe has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers. . . . Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did...

...claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. That...land from the Indians, because they had it first, it is theirs. They may sell, but all must join. Any sale not made by all, is not valid. The late sale...

...the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. For no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers— those who want all,...

...claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all, for the use of each....a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers—those who want all and will not do with less. The White people have no right to take the...

...us?"57 The Indians felt they had dibs on the land. As the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, put it in 1810: "The White people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because they had it first, it is theirs . . . the camp is stationary. ... It belongs to the first who sits down on his blanket or...

...the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. For no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers-those who want all, and...

...the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. For no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers-those who want all, and...

...at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. For no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much...land from the Indians, because they had it first; it is theirs. They may sell, but all must join. Any sale not made by all is not valid. The late sale is...

...the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. For no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers — those who want all,...