The Wolf and the Lion

AN Indian who had been driven out of a fertile valley by a White
Settler, said:

"Now that you have robbed me of my land, there is nothing for me to
do but issue invitations to a war-dance."

"I don't so much mind your dancing," said the White Settler,
putting a fresh cartridge into his rifle, "but if you attempt to
make me dance you will become a good Indian lamented by all who
didn't know you. How did YOU get this land, anyhow?"

The Indian's claim was compromised for a plug hat and a tin horn.

-THE END-
Ambrose Bierce's short story/fable: The Wolf and the Lion

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