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Master of Life
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the supreme deity of the Crees, Ojibwas, and related tribes, identified by some whites and Christian Indians with God.
See: Gitchi Manitou
Quotations
1769
They anciently believed in one God, the ruler and creator of the universe, whom they called The Great Spirit and the Master of Life.
1886
The Master of Life had, however, decreed to let them pass, for the thoughts and acts of neither of them had been bad.
2
the Christian God.
See: Great Spirit
Quotations
1791
Their religion is Catholic, and they have a French priest, or, as the Chippeway Indians term it, "The Master of Life's Man," who instructs them, and performs divine service in the Iroquois tongue.
1844
Many of them refrain from hunting etc. on a Sunday, knowing nothing more than that it is a day sacred to the Master of Life.
1921
Every one in that whole brigade of wild men of the wilderness . . . knelt down, and with bowed head, said his evening prayer to The Master of Life.