Emphasis Preaching Journal
Although the American Indians had...
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Although the American Indians had no written language before the white man arrived
they had great language skills and a large vocabulary. They had a gift of catching the
feeling with the word, of being able to combine words to paint a dramatic word picture.
For example instead of one word, as we might use "friend," their word for friend was:
"one-who-carries-my-sorrows-on-his-back."
