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The Pontiac Manuscript
The Wolf hesitated to do so from fear of spoiling the hat, but was ordered to do so and obeyed without reply.
The savage being seated, the good God said to him: "I am the Master of Life, whom thou desirest to know and to whom thou wouldst speak. Listen well to what I am going to say to thee and all thy red brethren. I am He who made heaven and earth, the trees, lakes, rivers, all men, and all that thou seest, and all that-thou hast seen on earth. Because [I have done this and because] I love you, you must do what I say and [leave undone] what I hate. I do not like that you drink until you lose your reason, as you do; or that you fight with each other; or that you take two wives,
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