You ever seen what they do to a captive white woman? If you ask me, them Injuns got exactly what was coming to 'em."
Mr. Steinbach lifted a quizzical brow. "You ever see how some white men treat a squaw?"
"It ain't our doin' that Injuns sell off their women to no-accounts."
" them off," Steinbach corrected. "Indians don't sell their women, Mr. Masters. They accept a bride price, which is entirely different. The gifts are taken in good faith, and the woman is, according to their beliefs, taken as an honored wife. They expect her to be treated as such."
"Bride price!" Henry snorted. "Same thing as sellin'. Heathen animals, ever last one of 'em."
Steinbach smiled. "Perhaps. But then they would say the same of us and the dowry a woman brings into marriage. The way they see it, we pay to get rid of our daughters, which is just as heathenish and doesn't say much for our women.
Mr. Steinbach lifted a quizzical brow. "You ever see how some white men treat a squaw?"
"It ain't our doin' that Injuns sell off their women to no-accounts."
" them off," Steinbach corrected. "Indians don't sell their women, Mr. Masters. They accept a bride price, which is entirely different. The gifts are taken in good faith, and the woman is, according to their beliefs, taken as an honored wife. They expect her to be treated as such."
"Bride price!" Henry snorted. "Same thing as sellin'. Heathen animals, ever last one of 'em."
Steinbach smiled. "Perhaps. But then they would say the same of us and the dowry a woman brings into marriage. The way they see it, we pay to get rid of our daughters, which is just as heathenish and doesn't say much for our women.
( Catherine Anderson )
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