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标 题: 西雅图酋长致美国总统书(5)(转寄)
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Fri Dec 26 21:35:26 1997), 转信
The Indian prefers the soft sound of the breeze darting
over the face of a pond, and the smell of the wind
itself, cleaned by a midday rain, or scented with the
pinon pine. The air is precious to the red man, for all
things share the same breath -- the animal, the tree,
the man, all share the same breath.
The white man does not seem to notice the air he
breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to
the stench.
But if we sell you our land, you must remember that the
air is percious to us, that the air shares its spirit
with all the life it supports. The wind that gave our
grandfather his first breath also receives his last sigh.
So if we sell you our ground, you must keep it apart as a
place where even the white man can go to taste the wind
that is sweetened by the meadow's flowers.
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