Re: [Paddlewise] Chief Seattle's words

In a message dated 12/7/2004 10:39:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
keith.wrage_at_charter.net writes:


> >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.
> 

Try this link to see an interesting article on the subject. While discussing 
that, you might be interested to know Chief Joseph's "speech" is thought by 
many to be a composite dramatization of what he actually said that day on the 
northern plains of Montana.

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/spring_1985_chief_seattle.html

Rob G
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