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1、INDIANBOYHOODBYOHIYESAINDIANBOYHOODBYOHIYESA(CHARLESA.EASTMAN)1INDIANBOYHOODBYOHIYESAIEarliestRecollectionsI:Hadakah,"ThePitifulLast"WHATboywouldnotbeanIndianforawhilewhenhethinksofthefreestlifeintheworld?Thislifewasmine.Everydaytherewasarealhunt.Therewasrealgame.Occasionallytherew
2、asamedicinedanceawayoffinthewoodswherenoonecoulddisturbus,inwhichtheboysimpersonatedtheirelders,BraveBull,StandingElk,HighHawk,MedicineBear,andtherest.Theypaintedandimitatedtheirfathersandgrandfatherstotheminutestdetail,andaccuratelytoo,becausetheyhadseentherealthingalltheirlives.W
3、ewerenotonlygoodmimicsbutwewereclosestudentsofnature.Westudiedthehabitsofanimalsjustasyoustudyyourbooks.Wewatchedthemenofourpeopleandrepresentedtheminourplay;thenlearnedtoemulatetheminourlives.Nopeoplehaveabetteruseoftheirfivesensesthanthechildrenofthewilderness.Wecouldsmellaswella
4、shearandsee.Wecouldfeelandtasteaswellaswecouldseeandhear.Nowherehasthememorybeenmorefullydevelopedthaninthewildlife,andIcanstillseewhereinIowemuchtomyearlytraining.OfcourseImyselfdonotrememberwhenIfirstsawtheday,butmybrothershaveoftenrecalledtheeventwithmuchmirth;foritwasacustomoft
5、heSiouxthatwhenaboywasbornhisbrothermustplungeintothewater,orrollinthesnownakedifitwaswintertime;andifhewasnotbigenoughtodoeitherofthesehimself,waterwasthrownonhim.Ifthenew-bornhadasister,shemustbeimmersed.Theideawasthatawarriorhadcometocamp,andtheotherchil-drenmustdisplaysomeactof
6、hardihood.Iwassounfortunateastobetheyoungestoffivechildrenwho,soonafterIwasborn,wereleftmotherless.Ihadtobearthehumiliatingname2INDIANBOYHOODBYOHIYESA"Hakadah,"meaning"thepitifullast,"untilIshouldearnamoredignifiedandappropriatename.Iwasregardedaslittlemorethanaplay-thingbytheresto
7、fthechildren.Mymother,whowasknownasthehandsomestwomanofalltheSpiritLakeandLeafDwellerSioux,wasdangerouslyill,andoneofthemedi-cinemenwhoattendedhersaid:"Anothermedicinemanhascomeintoexistence,butthemothermustdie.Thereforelethimbearthename'MysteriousMedicine.'"Butoneoftheby-standersh
8、astilyinterfered,sayingtha
