Carta del jefe Seattle a Franklin Pierce (1854) Segunda parte

► Read ◄ ► Leer ◄If I decide to accept, I will make one condition. The white man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers. I am a savage and I do not understand any other way. I have seen thousands of rotting buffaloes on the prairie left by the white man who shot them from a passing train. I am a savage and do not understand how the smoking iron horse can be more important than the buffalo that we kill only to stay alive. What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beast also happens to the man.

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth.

Our children have seen their fathers humbled in defeat. Our warriors have felt shame. And after defeat they turn their days in idleness and contaminate their bodies with sweet food and strong drink. It matters little where we pass the rest of our days - they are not many. A few more hours, a few more winters, and none of the children of the great tribes that once lived on this earth, or that roamed in small bands in the woods will remain to mourn the graves of the people once as powerful and hopeful as yours.

One thing we know that the white man may one day discover. Our God is the same God. You may think that you own him as you wish to own our land, but you cannot. He is the Body of man, and his compassion is equal for the redman and the white. This earth is precious to him, and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its Creator. 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 ripe hills blotted by the 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.

We might understand if we knew what it was the white man dreams, what hopes he describes to his children on long winter nights, what visions he burns into their minds, so they will wish for tomorrow. But we are savages. The white man's dreams are hidden from us. And because they are hidden, we will go our own way. If we agree, it will be to secure your reservation you have promised.

There perhaps we may live out our brief days as we wish. When the last redman has vanished from the earth, and the memory is only the shadow of a cloud passing over the prairie, these shores and forests will still hold the spirits of my people, for they love this earth as the newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. If we sell you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it as we have cared for it. Hold in your memory the way the land is as you take it. And with all your strength, with all your might, and with all your heart - preserve it for your children, and love it as God loves us all. One thing we know - our God is the same. This earth is precious to him. Even the white man cannot escape the common destiny.

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[danielorbis666]

siempre existen vídeos que yo me los miro una y otra vez osea siempre los busco para pasar un buen momento oh escuchar alguna canción y te trae grandes recuerdos oh te dan paz, pues este vídeo es uno de ellos que siempre me lo escuchare para sentirme bien oh sentirme mal por lo injustos que somo en la vida

[PerezRiosguitar]

Me encantaria saber que pasaba por la mente del Presidente Pierce despues de leer esta carta, personalmente me gusta pensar que no termino de leerla, ya que es imposible leer palabras tan conmovedoras y sabias sin que induzcan meditacion, de esa que te inspira a hacer cambios en el funcionamiento del sistema,, 156 años despues, es obvio que no hubieron cambios,fabricas reemplazando bosques, animales en peligro de extincion, Indigenas viviendo en pobreza, tristemente la carta no fue suficiente...

[davidhuerta1]

@PerezRiosguitar claro qeu si ya veras el cambio , la carta no fue enbiada por el Jefe carrizo , si no por la prpia respuesta de la madre tierra , Al dia de Hoy tienes Sus respuestas de Cambio y Sus efectos de esta Carta tlazokamaty

[XxbrunoxX380]

si hubiesen tenido mas huevos, hubiesen aguantado como los mapuches

[morreteta]

nezesitaras ser brutal

brutalmente sincer@ en cada una de tus luchas

[perri264]

@wlan26 pero es que acaso no vivimos mejor si nos he mejor lo que nos rodea?¿?

[perri264]

QUIZA SEA PORQUE SOMOS UNOS SALVAJES Y NO LO COMPRENDEMOS, PUES EN ESE CASO YO SOY UN SALVAJE Y LO SERE SIEMPRE Y MIS HIJOS LO SERAN

[perri264]

NOSOTROS PODEMSO HACER UN GRAN CAMBIO SI ALGUN HOMBRE HIZO DAÑO RESARSAMOSLO NOS PESE O NO SON NUESTROS HERMANOS NO DEBEMOS PAGAR POR SU PECADO MAS SI AYUDAR A EVITAR EL DAÑO QUE HICIERON

[Nockturnmortem]

ES MARAVILLOSO

[FileRoger]

PALABRAS PROFETICAS::

[Garateufarte]

Grandisma persona, mis oidos tambien se sienten ofendidos con el sonido de las ciudades, no hay nada como el aire limpio y el cantar de nuestros hermanos los animales..

[superC161]

hey ya busque la tercera parte de este video y no la encuentro... como la puedo encontrar?