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Some Southwesterners, in the harsh, half-forgotten tradition of the Old West, refused to be awed by the natural disaster. Speaking of the eight deaths on the Navajo Reservation, Presbyterian Missionary Harold Borhauer, 45, said: "I bury more than that at the opening of the pinon season"-the autumn harvest of protein-rich pinon nuts, during which Indians have been known to die of respiratory ailments contracted in the chilly mountains. Adee Dodge, a Navajo painter, added a peculiarly Indian note of resignation: "We publicly thank all the dear gods of this world for having caused such a windfall...
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