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 (Classic Reprint)

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<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.