The Chief and the Thief

It was centuries ago, when all of North America

belonged to its Native people. One nomadic

Indian tribe in the Great Plains was blessed with

a chief that was beloved and respected by every-

one who knew him. He was known as a man who

deeply loved his people, and he showed it - and

a man of absolute justice and fairness and he

showed that. One day some braves brought a

very troubling report to him; there had been

several mysterious thefts from people in the tribe.
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The chief wanted to nip this kind of stealing in

the bud so he announced a severe penalty for

the thief. He would be tied to a post when the

sun was high, his back laid bare, and he would

be beaten with a whip twenty times. Then the

chief set a trap. He asked two of his trusted

braves to leave some animal pelts in front of

a teepee one night and to watch all night from

another tepee. It was the middle of the night
when one of those braves awakened the chief

with the news, "We've caught the thief." "Then

bring him in," the chief ordered sternly.

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