Quote#Self
Thus she ruled undisputed within her own domain, and was to us a…
Quote byCharles Eastman · 1858–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation (1911).
English (original)
Thus she ruled undisputed within her own domain, and was to us a tower of moral and spiritual strength, until the coming of the border white man, the soldier and trader, who with strong drink overthrew the honor of the man, and through his power over a worthless husband purchased the virtue of his wife or his daughter. When she fell, the whole race fell with her.
— Charles Eastman
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