“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”

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1. Robert Carlisle says:

   December 18, 2022 at 3:20 pm

   It is a common misconception that the quote is from Crowfoot. It actually occurs in King Solomon’s Mines, which was published before Crowfoot’s death. You can read the details in the following article:

   Carlisle, R. S. (1990). Crowfoot’s dying speech. Alberta History, 38(3), 16-17.

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