Ranald MacDonald

in the footsteps of
Ranald MacDonald
ラナルド・マクドナルド
の足跡を訪ねて
august – november 2008
2008年 8月 ~ 11月
作家
Fred Dijs
フレッド・ダイス
[email protected] | www.dijs.biz
amsterdam • the netherlands
オランダ・アムステルダム市出身
Ranald MacDonald ラナルド・マクドナルド
Mother: Koale’xoa (Chinook Princess Raven) 母: コアレソア
Otokichi 音吉
1818 Mihama (Aichi, JP) 尾の裏 美浜町 (愛知県) &
Father: Archibald McDonald 父: アーキバルド
1834 Cape Alava (WA, USA) ワシントン州
1824 Fort George (OR, USA) オレゴン州 &
1834 Fort Vancouver (WA, USA) ワシントン州
1834 Red River Academy Winnipeg (MT, CA) マニトバ 州
1837 London (UK) ロンドン市 イギリス
1839St. Thomas (ON, CA) オンタリオ州
1867Macau マカオ
1845 Sag Harbour (NY, USA) ニューヨーク州
1867Singapore シンガポール †
1848Yagishiri Island (Hokkaido, JP) 焼尻島 (北海道)
2005Remains: Mihama (Aichi, JP) 遺骨: 美浜町 (愛知県)
1848Rishiri Island (Hokkaido, JP) 利尻島 (北海道)
1848Matsumae (Hokkaido, JP) 松前町 (北海道)
Manjiro Nakahama ジョン・万次郎
1848Nagasaki (Nagasaki, JP) 長崎市 (長崎県)
1827 Tosashimizu (Kochi, JP) 土佐清水市 (高知県) &
1894Kettle Creek, Toroda (WA, USA) ワシントン州 †
1841 Torishima (Hachijo, JP) 鳥島 (八丈支庁)
Archibald McDonald アーキバルド・マクドナルド
1841 Honolulu (HW, USA) ホノルル市 ハワイ州
1850 San Francisco (CA, USA) サン・フランシスコ市
1790Loch Leven (Scotland, UK) スコットランド &
1851 Okinawa ( JP) 沖縄県
1813 Churchill (MT, CA) マニトバ州
1870 London (UK) ロンドン市 イギリス
1821 Fort George (OR, USA) オレゴン州
1843 Shanghai (CN) 上海市 中国
1826Fort Kamloops (BC, CA) ブリティッシュ・コロンビア州
1845 New Bedford (MA, USA) マサチューセッツ州
1833 Fort Colvile (WA, USA) ワシントン州
1898Grave: Toshima-ku (Tokyo, JP) 墓: 豊島区 (東京) †
1853 St. Andrews (QC, CA) ケベック州 †
1898Statue: Ashizuri Misaki (Kochi, JP) 像: 足摺岬 (高知県)
Japan
日本
Rishiri 利尻島
Soya 宗谷
Yagishiri 焼尻島
100 miles
100 km
Matsumae
松前町
Ranald MacDonald ラナルド・マクドナルド
Tokyo
東京 †
Mihama
美浜町 &
Nagasaki
長崎市
Ashizuri Misaki
足摺岬 &
Manjiro Nakahama ジョン・万次郎
Torishima
鳥島
Horsefly Lake
Columbia River
コロンビア川
Wimahl
British Columbia
ブリティッシュ•コロンビア州
100 miles
100 km
Kamloops
Archibald McDonald アーキバルド・マクドナルド
Hat
Creek
Kettle
Creek
Toroda †
Victoria
Fort
Langley
Fort Colvile
Powwow at the End of the World
Cape Alava
Grand
Coulee
Dam
Otokichi 音吉
Spokane River mouth
Washington
ワシントン州
Columbia River mouth
Fort
George &
Hanford
reactors
Fort Vancouver
The Powwow at the End of the World
Sherman Alexie
I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam
and topples it. I am told by many of you that I must forgive
and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam
downriver from the Grand Coulee. I am told by many of you
that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters find
their way to the mouth of the Columbia River as it enters the Pacific
and causes all of it to rise. I am told by many of you that I must forgive
and so I shall after the first drop of floodwater is swallowed by that salmon
waiting in the Pacific. I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia
and then past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned reactors
of Hanford. I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after that salmon swims through the mouth of the Spokane River
as it meets the Columbia, then upstream, until it arrives
in the shallows of a secret bay on the reservation where I wait alone.
I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after
that salmon leaps into the night air above the water, throws
a lightning bolt at the brush near my feet, and starts the fire
which will lead all of the lost Indians home. I am told
by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after we Indians have gathered around the fire with that salmon
who has three stories it must tell before sunrise: one story will teach us
how to pray; another story will make us laugh for hours;
the third story will give us reason to dance. I am told by many
of you that I must forgive and so I shall when I am dancing
with my tribe during the powwow at the end of the world.