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The story unfortunately doesn't end with the hanging of the 39 Indians,
不幸的是 這個故事并沒有因絞死了39個印第安人而終止
back in Minnesota about 60-odd Indians are left to rot and die in prison.
在明尼蘇達州 大約60多個印第安人在獄中腐爛死亡
Over and above that, Lincoln decides to deport all the Indians,
除此之外 林肯還決定驅逐所有的印第安人
the Sioux and Winnebagans, who are completely innocent, from Minnesota
這些完全無辜的蘇族人和溫尼貝戈人 被驅逐出明尼蘇達州
and as a result of that, all the Sioux lands are opened up for settlement and speculation.
因此 所有的蘇族人土地 都被開放用做定居和投機買賣之用
Members of Lincoln's Cabinet and members of his regime, of course,
當然 林肯的內閣和政府人員
are very happy to make themselves rich by speculating in Indian lands.
非常樂于通過投機買賣印第安人的土地來發家致富
Meanwhile the Sioux and Winnebago are sent to Dakota Territory, but only arrive when it's too late to plant corn.
而與此同時 蘇族人和溫尼貝戈人被送到 達科他領域 但是他們到達的太晚 已經不能種植谷物
So they can't feed themselves. Of course, they again are hit by starvation and disease.
因此他們不能填飽肚子 自然 他們又一次 收到了饑餓和疾病的沖擊
The whole thing is a human disaster,and the 39 hanged are the least of it,and Lincoln is responsible.
整個事件就是一場人類的災難 而絞死的39人只不過是最輕的一部分 而林肯應為之負責
1862, the year General Pope had decimated the Santee Sioux
1862年蒲柏將軍大量屠殺桑提蘇族人
was also the year in which Abraham Lincoln's great struggle to drive
同一年 亞伯拉罕·林肯試圖讓南部聯邦重回聯邦的
the Confederacy back into the Union had ran into the sand.
艱難掙扎陷入了困境
Well, the first year or so of the war does not go very well for the North.
戰爭的第一年局勢并不利于北方
They lose most of the battles, particularly in the eastern theatre in Virginia.
他們在大部分戰役中都失敗了 尤其是在弗吉尼亞東部戰區
