THEY CAME TO OUR LAND AND SAID THEY WERE FRIENDS,
WE GREETED THEM AND DID NOT PRETEND,
TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT,
WE GAVE THEM OUR FOOD AND WELCOMED THEM IN...
WE SHOWED THEM OUR WAYS AND TOLD THEM OUR STORIES,
WITH LOVE AND TRUTH IN OUR HEARTS, WE HAD NO WORRIES,
WE NEVER SAW THE DISHONESTY AHEAD,
THE TERRIBLE FIGHTS AND SO MANY DEAD...
THEY TOOK OUR LAND AND KILLED OUR MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE HELPLESS TO TEND,
TO THE SICK AND THE DYING SO WITHOUT PREVAIL,
THEY DROVE US TO TEARS UPON A TRAIL...
THAT WE HAD TO WALK FOR MANY DAYS AND NIGHTS,
OUR OLD AND SICK QUICKLY DROPPED FROM SIGHT,
WE KEPT OUR FAITH IN CREATOR ABOVE,
TO GUIDE OUR STEPS WITH STRENGTH AND LOVE...
TO HELP US CONTINUE ON OUR TRAIL,
AND NEVER GIVE UP TO WHAT PREVAILED,
WE WERE TIRED AND HUNGRY, BUT STILL WE FOUGHT,
WE WILL NOT PERISH, OF THIS THERE'S NO THOUGHT...
THE WHITE MAN WANTED IT TO BE THIS WAY,
TO TRY TO STOP US FROM LIVING TODAY,
THEY DID'NT FORESEE WHAT WAS IN STORE,
THERE WOULD BE A RED MAN, THAT THEY COULD'NT IGNOR...
WE WILL ALWAYS FIGHT AND TEACH TODAY,
TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN IN THE OLD WAYS,
TO WALK THEIR PATHS, IT IS OUR GOAL,
TO BE A RED MAN IN OUR HEARTS AND SOULS...
WE WILL ALL MEET OUR CREATOR IN TIME,
TO STAND BEFORE HIM AND CONFESS OUR CRIMES,
OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO HURT EACH OTHER,
AND ALL THE ABUSE WE GAVE TO EARTH MOTHER...
BUT CAN THEY SAY UPON THIS DAY,
THAT THEY HAVE HELPED US TO LIVE THIS WAY,
TO RESPECT ALL THING UPON THIS EARTH,
TO TEACH AND LEARN AND SHOW SELF WORTH...
I THINK NOT AND THEY WILL PAY,
FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE DAYS,
OF WARS ON OUR PEOPLE, THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A RED MAN.
THE END
BY: MOUNTAIN LION
NOVEMBER 1998
