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" Brother, continue to listen. You say that you are sent! to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are... "
Biography and History of the Indians of North America: Comprising a General ... - Page 77
by Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 541 pages
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Indian Oratory: Famous Speeches by Noted Indian Chiefs

W. C. Vanderwerth, William R. Carmack - Social Science - 1971 - 316 pages
...agreeably to his mind; and if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right, and we are lost. How do you know this to be true? We understand that your religion is written in a book. If it was intended...
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American Indian Literature: An Anthology

Alan R. Velie - Literary Collections - 1991 - 388 pages
...agreeably to his mind, and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and...as well as you, why has not the Great Spirit given to us, and not only to us, but why did he not give to our forefathers, the knowledge of that book,...
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English Studies/culture Studies: Institutionalizing Dissent

Isaiah Smithson, Nancy Ruff - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 244 pages
...do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. . . . We understand that your religion is written in a book. If it was intended for us as well as for you, why has not the Great Spirit given it to us; and not only to us, but why did he not give to...
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From Many, One: Readings in American Political and Social Thought

Richard C. Sinopoli - Political Science - 1996 - 456 pages
...agreeably to his mind: and if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right, and we are lost. How do you know this to be true? We understand that your religion is written in a book. If it was intended...
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The Wisdom of the Native Americans: Including The Soul of an Indian and ...

Kent Nerburn - Social Science - 2010 - 240 pages
...agreeably to His mind, and if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right,...written in a book. If it was intended for us as well, why has not the Great Spirit given it to us; and not only to us, but why did He not give to our forefathers...
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The World's Great Speeches

Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 pages
...agreeahly to His mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall he unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to he true? We understand that your religion is written in a Book. If it was intended for us, as well...
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Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery ...

Nancy Dean - Education - 2000 - 164 pages
...agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true? - Chief Red Jacket, "Chief Red Jacket Rejects a Change of Religion" Discuss: 1. The words you say are...
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The Demon of the Continent: Indians and the Shaping of American Literature

Joshua David Bellin - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 294 pages
...answer: "You have got our country, but are not satisfied; you want to force your religion on us. ... You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true? . . . We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to...
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Native Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy

Scott L. Pratt - Philosophy - 2002 - 342 pages
...undermined. Observing that the source of the religion Cram offers is exclusively European, he asks, "You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true?. ... If [your religion] was intended for us as well as you, why has not the Great Spirit given to us,...
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A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History

Peter Nabokov - History - 2002 - 258 pages
...universal primacy: "We understand that your religion is written in a book," he told a missionary in 1805. "If it was intended for us as well as you, why has not the Great Spirit given to us, and not only to us, but why did he not give to our forefathers, the knowledge of that book,...
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