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Pge 4 Spilyay Tymoo December 13, 2001
Spilyay Speaks
Remember Pearl Harbor
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On December 7, 2001, there were services held at Pearl
Harbor, on the USS Arizona memorial, as survivors of that
horrible event were on hand to tell their story and pay tribute to
all their Comrades who paid the price of their lives during that
devastating day that will live in Infamy.
The day when the Japanese Umpire made its sneak attack
that caught the United States completely off guard, a well-planned
move on the part of Japan was in the making that changed the
whole course of events in the lives of all Americans, when they
attacked Pearl Harbor, where the American Fleet was anchored.
The damage was very costly to the United States and many, many
lives were lost without a fight. The battleship USS Arizona was
sunk in just minutes where hundreds of lives were lost when they
went down with the ship. Today their bodies arc still in the hull
and the memorial was erected in their honor.
Yep! It was a cool crisp day here in the United States many
years ago and I can remember that day quite well. On that Sunday
morning we were listening to the radio, because in those days there
was no TV. My oldest sister liked to listen to the pop tunes, and
that was the days of old "Frank Sinatra," on how he wooed the
girls and made them scream when he sang the hit tunes like "That
Old Black Magic," and others. And that was when all the teens
done the "Jitter Bug," to the tune of "Chattonooga Choo Choo."
As we were listening to the radio when all of a sudden the
station was interrupted when they made the announcement that
the Japanese made the attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii.
Silence fell all over the household and that scared the dickens out
of me. It was a real big surprise because all eyes were focused on
the European area at time where the war was raging.
At that time the Japanese were on a rampage in the South
Pacific where they were taking country after country completely
taking over Indo-China.
They were also taking one island after another and to hear
of how cruel they were to their prisoners of war. How the Ameri
cans lost the battle of Bataan. To me it was frightening to think
what might happen if they would invade the mainland, it was very
upsetting to everyone.
Back in those days we used to have a movie once a week
here in Warm Springs, and that was the only method we had to
see what was taking place. The newsreel was the only way we
could see what was happening all over the world.
Everything changed when the U.S. went into war. The
draft was taking all the young men. And the War plants took a lot
of people where a lot of women went to the shipyards to become
welders.
Around here on the "REZ" there were only the old guys
and the young kids. It was awful to see my older brother and his
friends being drafted into the service and leaving for the Military
Service. It was a horrible feeling and frightening to think what
might happen if the war came to America.
Today I can sympathize with the old remaining survivors
of that unpleasant day many years ago. That day, December 7,
1941. The day that drew the United States into World War II.
The day of September 11, 2001, brought back a lot of
memories to those survivors of the 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
And what a surprise attack can do to a nation.
-Sid Miller
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Letters to the editor
Land of choice
Editor's note: This letter originally
appeared in the Hood River News.
Thank you, Cascade Locks, for
welcoming the tribal leaders warmly.
According to "A History of the
McQuinn Strip", when Lewis and
Clark arrived here in 1805 Clark
wrote "we were received with great
kindness by Indians from the mouth
of the John Day River all down the
Columbia River to the Cascade
Mountains." Their land ran from the
Cascade Mountains eastward to the
Blue Mountains and southward from
the Cascade Mountains to our
present-day Bend. The salmon from
the Columbia were their main source
of food along with berries, roots and
hunting. White settlers started com
ing in taking their land along the
Columbia. The Indians objected so
the U.S. government sent Gen. Joel
Palmer to meet with the Indian agent
to sign a treaty. The Indians objected
to the treaty as some of them were
now farming but they were told they
had no choice. The treaty was signed
in 1965, giving the Indians 640,000
acres of dry, barren, desert-like coun
try and taking lp million acres of
prime land along the Columbia.
They retained the right to fish and
hunt and were supposed to get a lot
of other things which they never got,
as the president spent the money as
he saw fit. Even Gen. Palmer wrote
the government saying, "The consid
eration paid to the Indians is believed
to be the lowest amount adequate to
meet their necessities. They are still
be harassed by the whites, even the
Snake Indians, who stole their women
and children." ;
In 1866 the Army began a massive
campaign for soldiers, they asked the
Confederated Tribes for help. They
did so and performed with conspicu
ous gallantry. In 1873 the Army again
called on the Indians for help where
they saved one (group) of soldiers
from massacre - losing five of their
own men and many wounded. ,
Having received none of the prom
ised per capita payments they were
still trying to scratch a living out of
the desert-life land allotted them; in
1879 the government started sending
Paiute prisoners to the reservations
giving them even more mouths to
feed. During World War II they en
tered into a contract with the govern
ment for the sale of some of their tim
ber making them a per capita to the
present day of $720 a year. Now most
of their cutting has been stopped. In
1958 the government destroyed their
ancient fishing ground at Celilo Falls
along with their sacred things? No,
they just took them.
It has been almost 200 years since
the white man came and invaded the
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Indians' land and have treated them
terrible ever since. It is sad to me that
we can be friendly to every other na
tionality and treat them as friends and
business associates and yet "some
people" still want to treat the Indians
terribly. America is still a land of free
dom and choice, is it not? It should
be their choice whether or not they
build. Your choice or not to patron
ize. Nadine Mathis
Hood River
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Remember God
To the editor,
For God hath not given us the
spirit of fear; but of power (might)
and of love, and of a sound mind
(clear thinking). II Timothy 1:7.
This letter is in regards to the af
termath of 91101. To Ezekiel 38,
which was written 2600 years ago.
Matthew 24 is a timeline of proph
ecy. Verse 5 False christs. Verse 6 hear
of wars, Jesus says "see that ye be not
troubled; for all these things must
come to pass, but the end is not yet."
Verse 7 for nations shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against king
dom (prophecy fulfilled World War
I) and there shall be famines (WWII
2001) and pestilences (anthrax, small
pox, AIDS, etc. terroists-2001) Earth
quakes Verse 8 all these are the begin
ning of sorrows.
The next big even on God's
timeline is He says to the Son Go!
and get my church. I Thess. 4:13-18.
There is coming a time soon when a
man of peace shall appear, he will
have an answer to all the turmoil in
the Middle East. He will sign a 7-year
peace agreement with Israel. Ezekiel
38:8 After many days thou shalt be
visited; in the latter years thou shalt
come unto the land that is brought
back from the sword and is gathered
out of many people, but is brought
forth out of the nations (prophecy
fulfilled 1948 Israel becomes a nation)
Verse 14 therefore, son of man, proph
ecy and say unto Gog, thus saith the
Lord God; In that day when my
people of Israel dwellcth safely, shalt
thou not know it? (7 year peace agree
ment wIsrael-antichrist) 38:2 men
tions Gog & Magog which is mod
ern day Russia, Verse 4 and I will turn
thee (Russia) back, and put hooks into
thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth,
and all thine army, horses and horse
men, all of them clothed with all sorts
of armour, even a great company with
bucklers and shields, all of them han
dling swords. (It was interesting to see
our advanced special forces on horse
back in Afghanistan on TV Nov.
2001) Verse 5 Russia sides wMuslim
nations (terrorists). It's interesting
that Russia has supplied these terror
ists nations wtheir most advanced
weapons of war; these nations arc at
war with Israel & USA.
Verse 6 Gomer (Germany) and all
his bands; the house of To-Gar-Mah
of the north quarters and all his
bands; and may people with thee (this
nation killed 6 million Jews in
WWII). Ezekiel 38:9-12 Russia &
Muslim nations attacks Israel to steal
oil, gas, cattle, to enslave Israel. Verse
13 mentions She-ba & De-dan & the
merchants of Tar-shish & all the
young lions thereof, that ask ques
tions' but don't do anything. '1' '
America is hot mentioned here or
anywhere in prophecy or the Bible.
Did America's economy and military
might collapse? When our president
said to go back to our daily lives &
routine, did we close God out of our
lives agaiti? Out of the schools, busi
nesses? Government? If we forget God
again, we are going to be in ruins.
Verse 16 it shall be the latter days, and
I will bring thee against my land, that
the heathen (nations) may know me,
when I shall be sanctified in the, O
Gog before their eyes. Verse 18 And
it shall come to pass at the same time
when Gog shall come against the land
of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my
fury shall come up in my face. Verse
19 for in my jealousy and in the fire
of my wrath, have I spoken, surely in
that day, there shall be a great shak
ing in the land of Israel. Verse 20 So
that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls
of the heaven, and the beasts of the
field, and all creeping things that
creep upon the earth, and all the men,
that are upon the face of the earth,
shall shake at my presence, and the
mountains shall be thrown down, and
the steep places shall fall, and every
wall shall fall to the ground.
Verse 22 And I will plead against
him with pestilence and with blood;
And I will rain upon him, and upon
his bands, and upon the many people
that are with him, an overflowing
rain, and great hailstones, fire, and
brimstone. Verse 23 Thus I will mag
nify myself and sanctify myself; and
I will be known in the eyes of many
nations, and they shall know that I
am the Lord.
Did you notice in verse 22 God is
the one that throws pestilence back
in the terrorist's face? That is God and
God alone who defeat them? Ain't
no 7 Calvary to the rescue, no Lone
Ranger, not John Wayne, not JFK &
not George W. Bush nor America!
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is
his name Exodus 15:13 Out of the
millions in this army only 16 survi
vors. It is my earnest prayer that you
fully seek out God because this
timeline is coming to an end and
soon. Do Not Forget God.
Maranatha,
Easton Aguilar