with you many times; the same body that has been rigged out in paint
and feathers and rattlers, and has danced with you in the dance. The
body is the same, but that is all. The part of me that your eyes cannot
see is not the same. I am not the same. I think differently; I feel
differently; I plan differently. I like different things; I am a new man.
My heart is made clean in Christ. When I first tried to follow Christ, I
was satisfied. I tried to do right and I thought God would own me. When
my boy died he said: 'Tell the people that God has said, "Thou shalt
have no God but me. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou
shalt not commit adultery. Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy."'
Then my heart was heavy. All day and night I sat mute. I said: 'I have
done all these things and my boy never did any of them. He will be
saved and I shall be lost.' I went to Winona and told her. She told me:
'My friend, if we never had sinned, Christ would not have died. Because
you sinned and broke God's laws, Christ died for you. His death makes
you his.' Then light came. Yes, I am a sinner, just like the rest of you.
We have all done the same things. Now I stand here acquitted. Come
to Christ. Come to God. You seek after food for the body; that is all
your thought. I sought God, and when I sowed my seed in the spring, I
prayed to God and attended to my soul, and God has taken care of my
body. I wished, and he made my field flourish when all yours dried up
in the sun. If you will seek God he will take care of your bodies. Trust
in the Lord. Put away heathen dances and plays. Be not like children;
be men and women and God will feed you."

These were his words. He spoke the truth, for he is the only Indian
who had an abundant crop.

Little Eagle cannot speak an English word. His son Harry who died
could read English a little. He learned at Santee. But his knowledge of