They shed each other's blood; they stole
each other's lands, gold, and women. They sinned.
"Many moons ago the Great Spirit sorrowed to see His chosen tribe,
the palefaces, living in ignorance and sin. He sent His only Son to
redeem them, and said if they would listen and believe, and teach
the other tribes, He would forgive their sin and welcome them to the
beautiful forest.
"That was moons and moons ago, when the paleface killed his brother
for gold and lands, and beat his women slaves to make them plant his
corn. The Son of the Great Spirit lifted the cloud from the
palefaces' eyes, and they saw and learned. So pleased was the Great
Spirit that He made the palefaces wiser and wiser, and master of the
world. He bid them go afar to teach the ignorant tribes.
"To teach you is why the young paleface journeyed from the rising
sun. He wants no lands or power. He has given all that he had. He
walks among you without gun or knife. He can gain nothing but the
happiness of opening the redmen's eyes.
"The Great Spirit of whom I teach and the Great Manitou, your idol,
are the same; the happy hunting ground of the Indian and the
beautiful forest of the paleface are the same; the paleface and the
redman are the same. There is but one Great Spirit, that is God; but
one eternal home, that is heaven; but one human being, that is man.
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