Shelter
December 1, 2010” The tipi is much better to live in; always clean, warm in the winter, cool in the summer; easy to move. The white man builds big house, cost much money, like big cage, shut out sun, can never move; always sick. Indians and animals know better how to live than white man; nobody can be in good health if he does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine and good water. If the Great Spirit wanted men to stay in one place he would make the world stand still; but He made it to change, so birds and animals can move and always have green grass and ripe berries, sunlight to work and play, and night to sleep; summer for flowers to bloom, and winter for them to sleep; always changing; everything for good; nothing for nothing.
The white man does not obey the Great Spirit; that is why the Indians never could agree with him.”
Chief Flying Hawk, Oglala Sioux. Page 64 of Touch the Earth: A Self-Portrait of Indian Existence compiled by T.C. McLuhan. Found this book in the closet of my Dad’s house, it was my step-mother’s.
From How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier, page 143:
Serenity
“Most men are needlessly poor all their lives because they think they must have a house as their neighbors have. Consider,” suggested Thoreau, “how slight a shelter is absolutely necessary.”
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