That's exactly the good thing about the Injun life--you don't have to stop and think about whether or not you're 'happy'--which in my opinionis a highly overrated human condition invented by white folks

Jim Fergus
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This quote, by American writer and humorist Mark Twain, is most likely referring to Indians living in the early days of the American colonial era. The frontier world was a harsh place where people had to make tough decisions and deal with the consequences of those decisions. But most people who came west with the goal of making a profit never thought about what sort of life they were creating for themselves. Twain disapproved of this attitude and thought that it was a mistake for people to be so immaterial in their lives.

Source: One Thousand White Women: The Journals Of May Dodd

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