You see, therefore, that you were made last, and that is the reason I call you. my youngest brother. Now, when the Great Spirit had made the three men, he called them together and showed them three boxes. The first box was filled with books and maps and papers; the second, with bows and arrows, knives and tomahawks; the third, with spades, axes, hoes and hammers. These, my sons, said he, are the means by which you are to live; choose among them according to your fancy.
The white man, being the favorite, had the first choice. He passed by the box of working tools without notice; but when he came to the weapons of war and hunting, he stopped and looked hard at them. The red man trembled, for he had set his heart upon that box. The white man, however, after looking upon it for a moment, passed on and chose the box of books and papers. The red man's turn came next, and you may be sure he seized with joy upon the bows, and arrows and tomahawks. As to the black man, he had no choice left but to put up with the box of tools.
From this it is clear that the Great Spirit intended the white man should learn to read and write; to understand all about the moon and stars, and to make every thing, even rum and whisky. That the red man should be a first rate hunter and a mighty warrior, but he was not to learn any thing from books, as the Great Spirit had not given him any; nor was he to make whisky nor rum, lest he should kill himself with drinking. As to the black man, as he had nothing but working tools, it was
