"The native peoples generally believed that the gold deposits were precious gifts of the spirits to their tribes, and that it was their responsibility to guard them. They could neither allow outsiders to get their hands on them, nor could they exploit them greedily themselves.
「先住民普遍認為金礦是神賜給他們族人，要他們負責看守的寶物，既不能容外人濫取，自己也不可貪得。