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Beyond a doubt, the most colourful part of our national myth is the settling of our American West, seen in this slide the Civil War was merely a diversion.
毫無疑問，我們國家的神話中最豐富多彩的一出就是西部的擴張，這張幻燈片上顯示，內戰只是一種轉移
With the fighting over Northerners and Southerners alike works to push the American frontier westward
內戰結束后，南方和北方一起向西部擴張美國的領土
Cowboys, Indians, Miners, Soldiers, Farmers, Rail-roaders and yes even medicine women played their unique parts in fulfilling out manifest destiny.
牛仔，印第安人，礦工，戰士，農民，鐵路工人甚至是女巫醫都在為實現命定擴張說做出特殊的貢獻
These years were exciting years for Americans,
對于美國人而言這些年是激動人心的
for all Americans except for the Indians who were routinely driven off their lands in a resumed form of ethnic cleansing.
當然，除了那些印第安人，他們在種族清洗的過程中被逐出了自己的家園
The American general William Tecumseh Sherman, how's that for an ironic middle name openly stated that the only good Indian is a dead Indian.
美國將軍威廉·特庫姆塞·舍曼，特庫姆塞，多么諷刺的名字啊（也是一個印第安酋長的名字），公開聲稱只有死印第安人才能稱為好印第安人
And as before the white men were usually victorious but not always,
和之前一樣，白人通常會打勝仗，但并非總是如此
the 1876 defeat of the old Civil War cavalry men George Custer at Little Big Horn showed how desperately the Indians would fight for their land and their way of life.
1876年，喬治·卡斯特的騎兵團在小巨角河戰役中被印第安人殲滅，表明印第安人為自己的家園和生活方式可以浴血奮戰
At the shameful December 29th 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee South Dakota more than 300 Sioux were killed by the US cavalry.
1890年12月29日，在南達科他翁迪德尼可恥的大屠殺中超過300名蘇族人被美國騎兵殺害
