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Excerpt from The Indians Book: An Offering by the American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical and Narrative, to Form a Record of the Songs and Legends of Their Race
Once, only Indians lived in this land. Then came strangers from across the Great Water. No land had they; we gave them of our land. No food had they; we gave them of our corn. The strangers are become many and they fill all the country. They dig gold - from my mountains; they build houses - of the trees of my forests; they rear cities - of my stones and rocks; they make fine garments - from the hides and wool of animals that eat my grass. None of the things that make their riches did they bring with them from beyond the Great Water; all comes from my land, the land the Great Mystery gave unto the Indian.
And when I think upon this I know that it is right, even thus. In the heart of the great Mystery it was meant that stranger - visitors - my friends across the Great Water - should come to my land; that I should bid them welcome; that all men should sit down with me and eat together of my corn. It was meant by the Great Mystery that the Indian should give to all peoples.
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Once, only Indians lived in this land. Then came strangers from across the Great Water. No land had they; we gave them of our land. No food had they; we gave them of our corn. The strangers are become many and they fill all the country. They dig gold - from my mountains; they build houses - of the trees of my forests; they rear cities - of my stones and rocks; they make fine garments - from the hides and wool of animals that eat my grass. None of the things that make their riches did they bring with them from beyond the Great Water; all comes from my land, the land the Great Mystery gave unto the Indian.
And when I think upon this I know that it is right, even thus. In the heart of the great Mystery it was meant that stranger - visitors - my friends across the Great Water - should come to my land; that I should bid them welcome; that all men should sit down with me and eat together of my corn. It was meant by the Great Mystery that the Indian should give to all peoples.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Paperback
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Author
Natalie Curtis Burlin
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ISBN - 9781332163502
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm
Page Count - 694
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Natalie Curtis Burlin
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266303039
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm
Page Count - 692
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