indian boyhood(尤孩提时代)-第35章
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new ones; and my life was to be entirely different from that of the past。
Still; I was eager to see some of the wonderful inventions of the white
people。 When we reached Fort Totten; I gazed about me with live… ly
interest and a quick imagination。
My father had forgotten to tell me that the fire…boat…walks…on…
mountains had its track at James… town; and might appear at any moment。
As I was watering the ponies; a peculiar shrilling noise pealed forth from
just beyond the hills。 The ponies threw back their heads and listened;
then they ran snorting over the prairie。 Mean…
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while; I too had taken alarm。 I leaped on the back of one of the
ponies; and dashed off at full speed。 It was a clear day; I could not
imagine what had caused such an unearthly noise。 It seemed as if the
world were about to burst in two!
I got upon a hill as the train appeared。 〃O!〃 I said to myself; 〃that is
the fire…boat…walks… on…mountains that I have heard about!〃 Then I drove
back the ponies。
My father was accustomed every morning to read from his Bible; and
sing a stanza of a hymn。 I was about very early with my gun for several
mornings; but at last he stopped me as I was preparing to go out; and bade
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me wait。
I listened with much astonishment。 The hymn contained the word
Jesus。 I did not comprehend what this meant; and my father then told me
that Jesus was the Son of God who came on earth to save sinners; and that
it was because of him that he had sought me。 This conversation made a
deep impression upon my mind。
Late in the fall we reached the citizen settle… ment at Flandreau; South
Dakota; where my father and some others dwelt among the whites。 Here
my wild life came to an end; and my school days began。
THE END
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