“The Seed of My Brethren Were Scattered Before the Gentiles”

(2 Ne. 1:10-11; 10:19; 26:15,19; 3 Ne. 20:27-28; Gospel Doctrine, Smith, p. 409; Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon, Ludlow, pp. 280-281; Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Brown, pp. 6, 8; refer in this text to 3 Ne. 16:8-9)

“… you will shine brightly, fired by the strength of the God who brought you to this Land and for some special purpose gave you dominion over this Land and over the red man. That destiny is a mystery to us, for we do not understand when the buffalo are all slaughtered, the wild horses are tamed, the secret corners of the forest heavy with scent of many men, and the view of the ripe hills blotted by talking wires. Where is the thicket? Gone. Where is the eagle? Gone. The end of living and the beginning of survival.” (Chief Seattle’s reply to the President’s request for a large area of Indian land in 1854)