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" Brother! We do not understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to son. We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. "
The Aboriginal Races of North America: Comprising Biographical Sketches of ... - Page 595
by Samuel G. Drake - 1880 - 788 pages
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Indian Oratory: Famous Speeches by Noted Indian Chiefs

W. C. Vanderwerth, William R. Carmack - Social Science - 1971 - 316 pages
...it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people? Brother! You say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great...understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers and has been handed down, father to son. We also have a religion which...
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The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper, James A. Sappenfield, E. N. Feltskog - Fiction - 1983 - 490 pages
...we know when to helieve, heing 10 often deceived hy the white people. BRoTHER. You say there is hat one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is hut one religion, why do you while people differ so much ahout It I Why not all agreed, as you can...
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The Cherokee Ghost Dance: Essays on the Southeastern Indians, 1789-1861

William Gerald McLoughlin, Walter H. Conser, Virginia Duffy McLoughlin - History - 1984 - 554 pages
...tell them about. After he had finished speaking, Red Jacket stood up to answer him: Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great...so much about it? Why not all agree, as you can all view the book? Brother, we do not understand these things. We are told your Religion was given to your...
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American Indian Literature: An Anthology

Alan R. Velie - Literary Collections - 1991 - 388 pages
...it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people? Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great...white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the book? Brother, we do not understand these things. We are told that...
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A Cherokee Feast of Days: Daily Meditations, Volume 1

Joyce Hifler - Religion - 1992 - 420 pages
...with eagemess to do great things. But we have to free ourselves to do it. N Brother, you say there is one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one Religion, why do you,.. differ so much about it? AS-CO-YE-WAT-HA 18 riends are those who forgive you-they have to if they are...
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Indi'n Humor: Bicultural Play in Native America

Kenneth Lincoln - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 416 pages
...sun is bright, our eyes and ears are open and unstopped, so for a change listen. "Brother! You say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great...why do you white people differ so much about it? Why do not all agree, as you can all read the book?" (NAT 70). The Iroquois, too, have faiths, Red Jacket...
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The Cambridge History of American Literature: Volume 1, 1590-1820

Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 846 pages
...given it to us?" "How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people?" "If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it?" Slowly, the sarcasm in these interrogatives builds into something much greater. Red Jacket exposes...
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From Many, One: Readings in American Political and Social Thought

Richard C. Sinopoli - Political Science - 1996 - 456 pages
...it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people? Brother! You say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great...understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers and has been handed down, father to son. We also have a religion which...
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Focus on U.S. History: The Era of Expansion and Reform

Kathy Sammis - History - 1997 - 132 pages
...have got our country but are not satisfied; you want to force your religion upon us. Brothers, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great...religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Brothers . . . we are told that your religion was given to your forefathers and has been handed down...
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The Wisdom of the Native Americans: Including The Soul of an Indian and ...

Kent Nerburn - Social Science - 2010 - 240 pages
...it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people? Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great...understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers and has been handed down, father to son. We also have a religion which...
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