QUOTE : I wasn’t sure. Maybe something angry. I would be bitter if I was a Navajo to have anything in my territory named after Colonel John Macrae Washington. It’s like naming a mountain pass in Israel after Adolf Hitler.” “The colonel was a scoundrel,” Leaphorn agreed. “But I don’t let the nineteenth century worry me.” Bourebonette laughed. “If you don’t mind my saying so, that’s typically Navajo. You stay in harmony with reality. Being bitter about the past isn’t healthy.” “No,” Leaphorn said. “It’s not.