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"I recall the old Indian saying that " The Waschitu (whites) build big fire, sit far away. Red man build small fire, sit close." "
http://anpa.ualr.edu/digital_library/gibson/gibson.htm
"The Indian builds a small fire and sits comfortable by it. The white man builds a big fire and has to move back and forward, to and from it, and does not enjoy his fire."
and although I can't find a copy of it on the internet, I always heard it as "red man builds small fire and keeps warm; white man builds large fire and keeps warm collecting / chopping wood"
In all cases, it favours the indian and puts the white man into a bad light. It can be translated into a more PC version as the 'wise man' vs. the 'foolish man'.
No doubt the wise man would also have built a large fire if bears were a danger...
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