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4/14/1957 - The Black Man and the Denverites by Smith Hempstone Jr.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION INSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS SH April TheBlackanandtheDenverites AddisAbba Ethiopia mailed Nairebi Walter S Rogers Institute Current Werld Affairs 5Fifth Avenue New Yerk New Yerk Dear Rogers In early blanket hydrogen bombs major cities United States flattening civilization Through fluke Denver Colorado spared With surrounding coUntryside devastated however people Denver unable commerce industry before And their water supply became contaminated The weaker Characters degenerated The stronger country people their stock their families They headed north toward Wyoming Idaho Grand Teton cuntry O harrassed survivors other cities sought their women their stock But people Denver armed attacks When reached Grand Tetons found other people already there These included local inhabitants survivors other areas bands brigands themselves armed carrying their women their stock looking place start atomic gathered valleys highlands Grand Tetons demand There Some conquer subjugated The people Denver through inherent superiority wanderers brigands other states indiginous people prevailed They conquered plateau drove other people gorges smaller plateaus Homesteads staked crops planted their cattle graze As always happen Denverites proved adaptable others These crops cattle their fellow The successful almost plateau The unsuccessful lawyers newspapermen insurance salesmen never learned produce anything themselves problems others either became serfs Denverites plateau small bands other opportunities In Denverites spread Grand Tetons conquering burning settling cases intermarrying SH The chief Denverite central plateau claimed jurisdiction these islands Denverite culture Sometimes suited Denverite chiefs acknowledge jurisdiction sometimes Communications sketchy protected terrain In reality Denverite chief independent central govern still considerable enclaves people places ontana Oregon There raiding counter raiding strong leader plateaus would depose Chief Denverite stead The Denverites continually inVOlved warfare among themselves other peoples Tetons forgot their before bombs forgot printing forgot about electricity forgot about motors forgot their origin There school warring nomadic society genera tions ignorant books Written A language based English different evolved priests Norvinpeale religion Denver could English And understood little To reinforce position Chief Denver priests people Chief Denver descended liaison between Norvinpeale Queen Wood Hole early Denverite princesses This Chief Denver divine easier especially peoples converted Norvinpealism When through palace Denverite prince overthrew Chief Denver priests produced geealogles prove prince actually direct Norvinpeale Queen Wood Hole Chief Denver In mystical succession degree stability among warring tribes maintained The people invented fairy believe course It political poses But priests invented legend believe About strange things began happen People physically Denverites Black appear foothills Grand Tetons They great vehicles larger Sometimes thing would happen great vehicles could Denverite raiding party would Black prisoner Sometimes raiding parties would ulsed powerful weapons Black which could jelly reach farther arrow Denverite rifles longer forgotten bullets Or gunpowder Occasionally single Black small party would trade foothills shining stones which Denverites their mountains After Denverite party brought court Chief Denver young Black named Nboya Jomo They pleasing appearance became favorites SH Chief Denver He k_ept court years became tutors The Black Chief Denver wonderful religion which mighty chiefs their adhered It called Shualiebmanism prophet Shualiebman called Aceofmind In similar Norvin pealism seemingly descended common source The Chief Denver thought would people become Shualiebmans allowed Mboya Jomo leave Grand Tetons after promised return Shualiebman priests instruct Denverites Mboya himself returned years later saying consecrated Shualiebman bishop bring faith Denverites Norvinpealists since faith relatively similar Shualiebmanism verted faith Some primitive tribes Montana Oregon however their faith shipped crossed sticks rather jacket Aceofmind Some these converted force others alone Aside religious angle centuries before Grand Tetons periods relative peace under strong Chief Denvers decades anarchy warfare under Suddenly alien general which Denverites sprung foothills Grand Tetons locusts They worshipped still another prophet called Versreet intended convert faith These people foothills before peaceful traders strangers Denverites But conquer prosletyze trade Years bitter fighting followed The Denverites because their mountainous country against Verstreet flood which swept around their country communication outside world Black north Shualiebman church Denverites And occasional Black adventurer through Verstreet hordes court Chief Denver Some these position because their great knowledge Others killed because their solence With Verstreet hordes around every Shualiebman church became conse rvative It insisted strict observance dogma rituals which overs Norvinpealism crossed sticks The church great respect almost Denverites warriors beca_e priests When Verstreetism receded Black began reach Grand Tetons north among priests mother church Shualiebman there great rejoicing But strange thing happened The Black Shualiebman priests Denverite priests intained island Shualiebmanism htmdreds years fallen error practising SH false twisted faith They tried Denverite priests renounce their wives their concubines beating ancing church otherwise behave seemed unpriestly fashion refused cours butchered Black Shualiebman missionaries After generations fighting against pagan tribes still practised Christianity warfare Verstreet hordes rather shock their Black Shualiebman brothers north wanted their faith Henceforth strangers Grand Tetons looked suspicion dislike Other disquieting Chief Denver whose official title Panther New York source believed Shuallebmanlam Tyrant Seven Mountains Protector Faith Black people foothills country The Blacks annexed Utah ontana Wyoming country south north These Black governments agents Grand Tetons Chief Denver imprisoned agents invaded highlands killed Chief Denver withdrew They obviously powerfu trustworthy people It Denverites The Black people seized ranges mountains which always Denverite territory north south Denverite pendence tenacious thing A Denverites began going lands Blacks education When tales great power Blacks They Blacks looked scorn white Denverites visited their COuntry written books mocking Denverite faith tradition Chief Denver descended Norvinpeale Queen Wood Hole They Blacks trusted A years later Denverite suspicions confirmed Black armies northern southern ridges converged capital chased Chief Denver throne This Chief Denver something Black He appealed Black Chiefs sitting great court against Blacks invading country Naturally since Blacks refused Chief Denver country conquered exile Black Country In years however returned throne Black chief ruled ontana Denverites never quite Black chief turned Chief Denver throne killing other Blacks process couldn difference between Black another although educated Denverites there difference All Blacks mocked their religion taken their territory raped their women killed their warriors They prepared worry about minor differences among Black A Black trusted After great which expulsion Chief Denver throne Blacks started coming Grand Tetons They raise standard living Denverites educate strong nation It seemed Denverites change always Denverite fabric their civilization which enough their fathers their fathers fathers replace cloth strange doubtful Value More Black writers journalists Grand Tetons The Chief Denver tired mocking things written about country people tried writers writing unfavorable stories He always scribes In killed wrote unfavorable reports One young Black Grand Tetons He writer He worked newspaper He wealthy He fellowship observe learn write about Denverites Having experience strangers Den verite quite rightly regarded Black suspicious character More likely agent Black governments They followed searched tried confuse laying false trails across lines enquiry which following Finally young Black When praise things Denverite skies people Grand Tetons right about unfriendly their cause The young Black gotten Denverites betterand their trust But little their history could understand their mistrust It founded hundreds years experience Black soldiers traders missionaries adventurers Still young Black Neither Denverites seemed could escape their histories The Black could speaking freely The DenveriteS could distrusting Black Their common ground humanity shared That apparently enough Sincerely Smith Hempsne Jr Receive New York