But because of one noble act of kindness, the Native American Choctaws will be forever etched in Irish minds.
When these gentle folk were at their most downtrodden, they raised $710 and sent it across the Atlantic to Ireland, to ease our famine woes.
Those 'savage', 'primitive' Choctaw Indians scraped together a MILLION dollars (adjusted for inflation, ) when they themselves were destitute, all to help starving, suffering peoples across an ocean, that they never knew or were in any way a relation to? The awe-inspiring beauty of their care, concern and sacrifice for the Irish suffering (despite their own) is still blindingly brilliant and uplifting after more than 150 years. Wow!
In short, these Indians displayed the very social conscience and altruism that reflects the highest level of human moral development.