A little while and I will be gone from among you, whither I cannot tell. From nowhere we… — Crowfoot

A little while and I will be gone from among you, whither I cannot tell. From nowhere we came, into nowhere we go. What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of a buffalo in winter time. It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

1890
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Crowfoot. Farewell to his people. 25 Apr. 1890, Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Alberta, Canada.

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