[Paddlewise] Chief Seattle's words

>The whites too shall pass -perhaps sooner than other tribes- Continue to 
>contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. 
>When the Buffalo are all slaughtered, the wild horses all tamed, THE 
>SECRET CORNERS OF THE FOREST HEAVY WITH THE SCENT OF MANY MEN, and the 
>view of the hills blotted by talking wires. Where is the thicket, gone. 
>Where is the eagle, gone. And what is it to say goodbye to the swift and 
>the hunt, the end of living and the beginning of survival
>Chief Seattle

While many of us agree with Chief Seattle's sentiments...it is important to 
note that the above words were NOT spoken or penned by Chief Seattle.  The 
history of this piece of urban mythological prose is quite interesting if 
one digs into it a bit.

K
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