<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521692" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The People of the West Wind</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Suisunes once lived<br>beneath the Twin Sisters.<br> <br>Ascending beyond the vineyards and twisted oaks, <br>they still drift through morning mist, <br>and walk the sacred paths<br>of their fathers.<br> <br>Guardian oaks still embrace the People.<br>Meandering branches lean low, <br>give their clambering children<br>an easy climb<br>up high to where acorns<br>fall in the western wind<br>to feed<br>their hungry<br>souls.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Suisunes people, called The People of the West Wind, lived for over 10,000 years in the area where I now live... but they nearly died out within a generation of exposure to European missionaries seeking to save their souls. They would have eluded the attention of the Spanish longer had they not given refuge to escaped mission Indians. In 1810 several dozen of these gentle people committed suicide rather than submit to the Spanish.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If you listen carefully in the morning breeze you can still hear their laughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521692" data-title="The People of the West Wind de Steven Federle" data-description="Suisunes once lived beneath the Twin Sisters. Ascending beyond the vineyards and twisted oaks, they still drift through morning mist, and walk the sacred paths of their fathers. Guardian oaks still embrace the People. Meandering branches lea..."></div> </div> </div>

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