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　　I came to live here where I am now between Wounded Knee Greek and Grass Greek．Others came too, and we made these little grey log houses that you see, and they are square．It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square．

　　You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round．In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the respectful circle of the nation, and so long as the circle was unbroken, the people were getting rich．The flowering tree was the living center of the circle, and the circle of the four quarters nursed it．The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and strong wind gave strength and continuous power．This knowledge came to us from the outer world．Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle．The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars．Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs are the same as ours．The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle．The moon does the same, and both are round．Even the seasons from a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were．The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves．Our places were like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nation's circle, a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to nurse our children．

　　But the Wasichus(Indian word for “white people”)have put us in these square boxes．Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us any more．You can look at our boys and see how it is with us．Where we were living by the power of the circle in the way we should, boys were men at twelve or thirteen years of age．But now it takes them very much longer to be full－grown．

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　　I came to live here where I am now between Wounded Knee Greek and Grass Greek．Others came too, and we made these little grey houses of logs that you see, and they are square, It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square．

　　You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round．In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the respectful circle of the nation, and so long as the circle was unbroken, the people were getting rich．The flowering tree was the living center of the circle, and the circle of the four quarters nursed it．The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and strong wind gave strength and continuous power．This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our brief．Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle．The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars．Birds make their nests in circle, for theirs are the same as ours．The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle．The moon does the same, and both are round．Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were．The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves．Our places were like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nation's circle, a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to nurse our children．

　　But the Wasichus(Indian word for “white people”)have put us in these square boxes．Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us any more．You can look at our boys and see how it is with us．Where we were living by the power of the circle in the way we should, boys were men at twelve or thirteen years of age．But now it takes them very much longer to be bull-grown．

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　　Tony Bennett, the American singer recently touring Britain, can’t remember how many times he has sung his standard hit “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”．He sang it again to his audience at the London Palladium last night．

　　“I never get tired of singing it, ” he said, “I like it very much．It’s a great city and it’s a good song．”

　　Bennett is to record a TV special with the American singer Lena Horne while he is here．And a new LP recorded by him in London for Philips titled “Listen Easy” will be published in June．

　　“I like it here,” he added quietly．“I would like to live here so many months of the year．”

　　He already keeps a large flat in Grosvenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna．It has a studio where he likes to paint．Tony plans to have his first exhibition later in the year and he has already sold one picture for ＄4000．At the end of the year Tony is to star in a musical film which has been specially written for him called “Two Bits”, an informal expression for 50 cents．It’s about an Italian immigrant(移民)who goes to America, but he becomes a failure．

　　“In many ways it’s very close to my life the way the story has been written,” said Bennett．“My father, an Italian, was ill and died when I was nine．He always wanted me to sing, but he never lived long enough to be a part of my success．”

The film is to be made by Italy’s top director Vittori-a De Sica．