:37:07
"When in disgrace "
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with fortune in men's eyes,
:37:12
"I all alone be weep my outcast state, "
:37:16
and trouble deaf heaven
"with my bootless cries,
:37:19
desiring this man's art,
and that man's scope.
:37:49
What do you say now, mr. Wheeler?
:37:51
Do you still think this craze,
:37:52
as you call it, is dying out?
:37:55
Well, I have put up with
quite enough of this lunacy,
:37:56
and I intend to do something about it.
:37:59
Duffy, take this down.
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To the commissioner of
indian affairs in washington,
:38:04
wild indians are dancing,
and cannot be induced to stop.
:38:08
The ghost dance has now
assumed such proportions,
:38:10
both in the number, and
the spirit of the adherents,
:38:13
that it is entirely beyond the control
of the agent and the police force,
:38:16
who are openly defied by the dancers.
:38:18
The employees and the government
property of this agency
:38:21
has no protection,
:38:22
and we are at the mercy of these dancers.
:38:25
We need protection, and we need it now.
:38:27
This agent suggests sending
a body of troops sufficient
:38:30
to arrest the leaders therein,
:38:32
and imprison them,
and disarm the balance of the reservation.
:38:35
Nothing short of a thousand troops,
:38:37
backed by the proper artillery,
:38:39
will stop the proliferation
of this diabolical dance.