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ni izkušnji raziskovanja »ni le vzdržal«, a ne le pri njem; kajti neopislji-
vost – nezmožnost z opisom osmisliti izkušnjo – je atribut obeh avtor-
jev: Hearna, katerega slavni potopis si kot palimpsestni vir za pesmi je-
mlje Newlove, in pesnika-govorca v njegovem »sodobnem«, (o Hearnu)
reflektirajočem stanju:
The Indians killed twelve deer.
It was impossible to describe
the intenseness of the cold.
Indijanci so ubili dvanajst jelenov.
Nemogoče je bilo opisati,
kako silovit je bil mraz.
Apology for absence, 80, v. 15–17.
2. One child is back from the doctor’s while
the other one wanders about in dirty pants
and I think of Samuel Hearne /.../
It’s Christmastime /.../
No praise in merely enduring.
2. En otrok se je vrnil od zdravnika; in
drugi v umazanih hlačah pohaja naokoli,
a jaz premišljujem o Samuelu Hearnu /.../
Božič je /.../
Nobene hvalnice, ko le vztrajamo.
Apology for absence, 79, v. 1–10.
V drugačen kontekst je postavljena zlasti najbolj razvpita epizoda iz
izvornega, leta 1795 objavljenega potopisa: uboj eskimske deklice, ki ga
Hearne opisuje takole:
In a few seconds the horrible scene commenced; it was shocking beyond
description; the poor unhappy victims were surprised in the midst of their
sleep, and had neither time nor power to make any resistance; men, women,
and children, in all upward of twenty, ran out of their tents stark naked, and
endeavoured to make their escape; but the Indians having possession of all
the landside, to no place could they fly for shelter. One alternative only re-
mained, that of jumping into the river; but, as none of them attempted it,
they all fell a sacrifice to Indian barbarity!
The shrieks and groans of the poor expiring wretches were truly dreadful;
and my horror was much increased at seeing a young girl, seemingly about ei-
ghteen years of age, killed so near me, that when the first spear was stuck into
ni izkušnji raziskovanja »ni le vzdržal«, a ne le pri njem; kajti neopislji-
vost – nezmožnost z opisom osmisliti izkušnjo – je atribut obeh avtor-
jev: Hearna, katerega slavni potopis si kot palimpsestni vir za pesmi je-
mlje Newlove, in pesnika-govorca v njegovem »sodobnem«, (o Hearnu)
reflektirajočem stanju:
The Indians killed twelve deer.
It was impossible to describe
the intenseness of the cold.
Indijanci so ubili dvanajst jelenov.
Nemogoče je bilo opisati,
kako silovit je bil mraz.
Apology for absence, 80, v. 15–17.
2. One child is back from the doctor’s while
the other one wanders about in dirty pants
and I think of Samuel Hearne /.../
It’s Christmastime /.../
No praise in merely enduring.
2. En otrok se je vrnil od zdravnika; in
drugi v umazanih hlačah pohaja naokoli,
a jaz premišljujem o Samuelu Hearnu /.../
Božič je /.../
Nobene hvalnice, ko le vztrajamo.
Apology for absence, 79, v. 1–10.
V drugačen kontekst je postavljena zlasti najbolj razvpita epizoda iz
izvornega, leta 1795 objavljenega potopisa: uboj eskimske deklice, ki ga
Hearne opisuje takole:
In a few seconds the horrible scene commenced; it was shocking beyond
description; the poor unhappy victims were surprised in the midst of their
sleep, and had neither time nor power to make any resistance; men, women,
and children, in all upward of twenty, ran out of their tents stark naked, and
endeavoured to make their escape; but the Indians having possession of all
the landside, to no place could they fly for shelter. One alternative only re-
mained, that of jumping into the river; but, as none of them attempted it,
they all fell a sacrifice to Indian barbarity!
The shrieks and groans of the poor expiring wretches were truly dreadful;
and my horror was much increased at seeing a young girl, seemingly about ei-
ghteen years of age, killed so near me, that when the first spear was stuck into
