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When the white man dies, he thinks he is at peace; but the red-men…

Quote byJames Fenimore Cooper · 1789–1851

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Last of the Mohicans (1826), Ch. 10, Magua.

English (original)

When the white man dies, he thinks he is at peace; but the red-men know how to torture even the ghosts of their enemies.

— James Fenimore Cooper

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