I love a people who have always made me feel welcome to the best they had. I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses. I love a people who keep the commandments without ever having read them or heard them preached from the pulpit. I love a people who never swear, who never take the name of God in vain. I love a people who love their neighbor as they love themselves. I love a people who worship God without a bible, for I believe that God loves them also. I love a people whose religion is all the same, and who are free from religious animosity. I love a people who have never raised a hand against me, or stole my property, where there was no law to punish them for either. I love a people who have never fought a battle with white men, except on their own ground. I love and dont fear mankind where God has made and left them, for there they are children. I love a people who live and keep what is their own without locks and keys. I love a people who do the best they can. And oh, how I love a people who dont live for the love of money. George Catlin (1796-1872) was a world famous Indian artist who lived among the Native Americans for years and visited forty-eight tribes.
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