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who gave it brightness. Here," said he, pointing to 

 the palmetto field, whose soft rustle came murmurinw 

 across the meadow, " here is heard the sighing of the 

 Miko's fathers ; in the forest where he was born it 

 howls in the storm ; both are the breath of the Great 

 Spirit, the winds which he places in the mouths of 

 the departed, who are his messengers. Listen ! " he 

 continued, again drawing up his weather-beaten form 

 to its utmost height " the Miko has read your book 

 of life ; when yet a young man he learned your 

 letters, for he saw that the cunning of the pale-faces 

 came from their dead friends. That book says, 

 Avhat the wise men of his people have also told him, 

 that there is one Great Spirit, one great father. The 

 Miko," he resumed, after a moment's pause, "was 

 sent from his people to the great father of the pale- 

 faces, and when he came with the other chiefs to the 

 villages where the whites worship the Great Spirit 

 in the lofty council wigwams, he found them very 

 good, and they received him and his as brothers. 

 Tokeah spoke with the great father see, this is from 

 him " he showed a silver medal with the head of 

 Washington. " He asked the great father, who was 

 a wise father and a very great warrior, if he believed 

 in the Great Spirit of his book, and he answered that 

 he did believe, and that his Great Spirit was the 

 same whom the red men worship. When the Miko 

 returned to his wigwam and came towards the setting 

 sun, his soul remembered the words of the great 

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