Claudia Slate

Reminds me of a something a Seneca Chief, Red Jacket, once said to
a missionary named Cram who was trying to force the white man's religion
on the red nations.  Red Jacket  said he understood that the Christian
religion had been written in a book and handed down from father to son,
but that the red man's religion had been handed down from father to son as
well.  Then he asked why, if there was but one religion, one way to
worship the Great Spirit, did the white people differ so much on what that
way was - especially seeing that they all had the same book.  He went
on to say he thought Rev. Cram, should spend some time teaching his religion
to his white brothers.  The Indians would watch.  If they saw that it did
the white man some good, that it made them honest and less disposed to
cheat the Indians, then they would consider taking up Cram's offer to teach
them.