"I did not attend the drum feasts
the dances, or other native gatherings.
For I saw these as occasions
for sins against purity.
I had a great horror for impurity
and always left the company
of people my age.
Preferring solitude
and work."
"I never had a desire
to do as the other girls did.
I did not wear ornaments,
braid my hair into a single braid
to indicate that I was not married,
pierce my ears, or paint my face.
I prefered to be alone
and to remain unwordly."
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