Over 200 years ago a Seneca Indian
prophet, named "Handsome Lake", made a dire prediction. He told his
people:
"There will come a time when the good
water that we use to cook our food, cook our medicines, and clean our bodies
will not be fit to drink....and the waters will turn oily and burn....the cool
waters that we use to refresh ourselves will warm and heat up...our misuse of
this water will turn it against us and people will suffer and die..."
Chief Seattle wrote:
"Humankind has not woven the web of
life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to
ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. Whatever befalls
the Earth befalls also the children of the Earth."
Sitting Bull:
"See brothers, spring is here. The
Earth has taken the embrace of the sun and soon we shall see the children of
that love. All seeds are awake and all animals. From this great power, we too
have our lives. And therefore we concede to our fellow creatures even our
animal fellows, even to every living thing, the same right as ourselves, to
live on this Earth."
Powerful words from the spirits of truth.
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