Quote#Nature
It is enough. Go, children of the Lenape, the anger of the Manitou is…
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. 33, Tamenund.
English (original)
It is enough. Go, children of the Lenape, the anger of the Manitou is not done. Why should Tamenund stay? The pale faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the red men has not yet come again. My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of Unamis happy and strong; and yet, before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans.
— James Fenimore Cooper
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