May this day bring piece to the warrior’s heart. For with this celebrated day, his children’s children’s children have successfully awakened in the American heart, a sense of justice. A potential deal cutting ties between a developer and the Catawba Nation over the Two Kings Casino resort is still under dispute. Harris then said: “In my heart, I believe the words of my grandfather are addressed here today. God ordained me for the forest, and my ambition is the shade, but the strength of my arm decays, and my feet fail in the chase, the hand which fought for your liberties is now open for your relief.” 5,000 games and four restaurants inside a 29-story hotel that would feature a man-made river and waterfall in Kings Mountain. I pursued the deer for my subsistence, the deer are disappearing, and I must starve. Two Kings Casino could be shut down if the Catawba Nation does. Yet from me the British took nothing, nor have I gained anything by their defeat. I fought against the British for your sake, The British have disappeared, and you are free. I am one of the few stalks that still remain in the field, where the tempest of the revolution passed. Our graves will soon be our only habitations. “I’m one of the lingering embers of an almost extinguished race. Bill Harris read from an 1818 petition to Congress, written on behalf of Catawba Peter Harris, a distant relative the Chief refers to as his grandfather, who fought in the Revolutionary War:
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