“If the Indians were left in peace . . .” He shrugged. “There would not be any trouble with them.” “May I ask where are you from?” “New York City.” “I know that, but what tribe are you from? The Senecas? The Cayugas?” The reporter shook his head. “Or perhaps you are Erie, or Mohawk, or Mohican, or Montauk or Shinnecock, or Delaware or Oneida or Onondaga. Or, my favorite, Poospatuck? I suppose they are your neighbors. Do you attend their scalp dances?” “Come off it,” said the reporter. “There are no Indians left in your part of the country because you killed them all. So we find it interesting
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