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"Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?" – Tecumseh, Shawnee leader can someone explain what this
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"Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?" – Tecumseh, Shawnee leader can someone explain what this means to you?

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The leader is saying that if people are selling countries, why not sell anything and everything. The spirit made all of these things useable to anyone, and they wouldn’t have to purchase it.
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