The American Indians / Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

1. Great good author of Life, Gezha Monedo, abiding in the heavens

2. Thou hast made all things.

3. Thou art the giver,—Thou, the everlasting preserver of life.

4. Thou hast guarded me, by day and by night.

5. Thou hast made the sun and moon, and the stars.

6. Thou makest the rain, the thunder, the hail, and the snows.

7. Thou didst make man to stand upright, and has placed him over all that is on the earth.

8. Thou hast given us souls, that will never die. Thou hast sent thy son Jesus Christ to die for us.

9. Continually are our thoughts evil, and truly, our words are evil continually.

10. Verily, we deserve punishment with the Spirit of Evil.