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It ain't supposed to be easy
to sneak up behind an Indian.
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I'm an Indian, all right.
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But here in the Nation,
they call us the civilized tribe.
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They call us civilized because
we're easy to sneak up on.
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White men have been sneaking up
on us for years.
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Cherokee, huh?
:44:27
They sneaked up on us and they
told us we wouldn't be happy here.
:44:32
They said we would be happier
in the Nations.
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So they took away our land...
:44:39
...and sent us here.
:44:42
I have a fine woman...
:44:46
...and two sons.
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But they all died on the
Trail of Tears.
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And now the white man
is sneaking up on me.
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Again.
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Seems like we can't trust
the white man.
:45:09
You bet we can't.
:45:14
I wore this...
:45:16
...frock coat in Washington.
:45:19
Before the war.
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We wore them because we belonged to...
:45:24
...the five civilized tribes.
:45:29
We dressed ourselves up
like Abraham Lincoln.
:45:35
We got to see the
secretary of the interior.
:45:41
And he said:
:45:44
"Boy! You boys sure look civilized!"
:45:47
He congratulated us...
:45:50
...and he gave us medals for
looking so civilized.
:45:54
We told him about how
our land had been stolen...
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...and our people were dying.