"The old Indian teaching was:           
It is wrong to tear loose from its place on the earth
           Anything that may be growing there.           
It may be cut off,
           But it should not be uprooted.
           The trees and the grass have spirits.           
Whenever  one of such growths may be destroyed,
           His act is done in sadness.
           With a prayer for forgiveness,
           Because of his necessities.."           
Wooden Leg, Cheyenne