George Catlin’s Creed I love a people that have always made me welcome to the very best that 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 or heard them preached from the pulpit. I love a people who never swear or take the name of God in vain. I love a people “who love their neighbors 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 animosities. I love a people who have never raised a hand against me, or stolen my property, when there was no law to punish either. I love and don’t fear mankind where God has made and left them, for they are his children. I love a people who have never fought a battle with the white man, except on their own ground. I love a people who live and keep what is their own without lock and keys. I love a people who do the best they can. And oh how I love a people who don’t live for the love of money. (Catlin, Last Rambles p. 354-355)
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