When the white man had warmed himself before the Indians' fire and filled himself with… — Speckled Snake

When the white man had warmed himself before the Indians' fire and filled himself with their hominy, he became very large. With a step he bestrode the mountains, and his feet covered the plains and the valleys. His hands grasped the eastern and the western sea, and his head rested on the moon.

1829
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Speckled Snake. Quoted in A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present, written by Howard Zinn. Routledge, 2015, ch. 7.
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Speckled Snake. Speech delivered at a council of Indian chiefs. 20 June 1829, USA.

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