Everything as it moves, now and then, makes stops. The bird as it flies stops in one place to make it's nest, and; in another to rest in it's flight. A man when he goes forth; stops when he wills. So the god has stopped. The sun; which is so bright and beautiful, is one place; where he has stopped. The moon, the stars. the winds, he has been with. The trees, the animals, are all where; he has stopped, and the Indian thinks of theses places; and sends prayers there to reach the place where the; god has stopped and win help and a blessing; Anonymous Dakota Sioux wise man c 1890
