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The story unfortunately doesn't end with the hanging of the 39 Indians,
不幸的是 这个故事并没有因绞死了39个印第安人而终止
back in Minnesota about 60-odd Indians are left to rot and die in prison.
在明尼苏达州 大约60多个印第安人在狱中腐烂死亡
Over and above that, Lincoln decides to deport all the Indians,
除此之外 林肯还决定驱逐所有的印第安人
the Sioux and Winnebagans, who are completely innocent, from Minnesota
这些完全无辜的苏族人和温尼贝戈人 被驱逐出明尼苏达州
and as a result of that, all the Sioux lands are opened up for settlement and speculation.
因此 所有的苏族人土地 都被开放用做定居和投机买卖之用
Members of Lincoln's Cabinet and members of his regime, of course,
当然 林肯的内阁和政府人员
are very happy to make themselves rich by speculating in Indian lands.
非常乐于通过投机买卖印第安人的土地来发家致富
Meanwhile the Sioux and Winnebago are sent to Dakota Territory, but only arrive when it's too late to plant corn.
而与此同时 苏族人和温尼贝戈人被送到 达科他领域 但是他们到达的太晚 已经不能种植谷物
So they can't feed themselves. Of course, they again are hit by starvation and disease.
因此他们不能填饱肚子 自然 他们又一次 收到了饥饿和疾病的冲击
The whole thing is a human disaster,and the 39 hanged are the least of it,and Lincoln is responsible.
整个事件就是一场人类的灾难 而绞死的39人只不过是最轻的一部分 而林肯应为之负责
1862, the year General Pope had decimated the Santee Sioux
1862年蒲柏将军大量屠杀桑提苏族人
was also the year in which Abraham Lincoln's great struggle to drive
同一年 亚伯拉罕·林肯试图让南部联邦重回联邦的
the Confederacy back into the Union had ran into the sand.
艰难挣扎陷入了困境
Well, the first year or so of the war does not go very well for the North.
战争的第一年局势并不利于北方
They lose most of the battles, particularly in the eastern theatre in Virginia.
他们在大部分战役中都失败了 尤其是在弗吉尼亚东部战区
