He gave him a love of the woods, of a free life, of hunting and fishing, of making war with his enemies and taking scalps.

The white man does not live like the Indian--it is not his nature.

Neither does the Indian love to live like the white man--the Great Spirit did not make him so.
"Father,--We do not wish to do anything contrary to the will of the Great Spirit.

If he had made us with white skins, and characters like the white men, then we would send our children to this school to be taught like the white children.
"Father,--We think that if the Great Spirit had wished us to be like the whites, he would have made us so.

As he has not seen fit to do so, we believe he would be displeased with us, to try and make ourselves different from what he thought good.
"Father,--I have nothing more to say.