Plano's Palace

[Planopenny]

Thought this was appropriate for today:
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"Once I was in Victoria, and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back with interest. "We are Indians and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank."
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Chief Maquinna, Nootka
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Whenever you make or lose money...keep in mind that you could be in much worse shape. We should all be lucky that we can even trade. I myself have to remember this.