In Reply to: Re: mark twain qt.. posted by porceleindoll on November 27, 2004 at 19:30:34:
We have to keep our God placated with prayers, and even then we are never sure of him -- how much higher and finer is the Indian's God......Our illogical God is all-powerful in name, but impotent in fact; the Great Spirit is not all-powerful, but does the very best he can for his injun and does it free of charge."
- Marginalia written in copy of Richard Irving Dodge's Our Wild Indians