Comanche

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Presently reading "The Empire of the Summer Moon" - Best history of the conquest of the West since "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" I've read; provides fantastically detailed insight into the culture of the Comanches, the last tribe, save the Apaches, to capitulate to the inevitable Western Movement of the U.S. of A.

COMANCHE My mounts and I are one. Across the plains we fly Like the wind that scours Like the sun that burns, The cold that kills. The Buffalo Spirit thunders in my blood, Guides my way through the featurelesss land: I draw the bow Strike and move on. My ways are as old As the ways of the Earth; A harshness you have all forgotten. Know this, White Man From The East: If the Soul of this place Doesn't lay you straight To feed the soil with your bones, I will.

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Kelli White

Date: 1/5/2016 7:18:00 PM

I feel your connection and respect and power. I love this. Kelli