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[Speaking lakota language]
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A gift from wakan tanka.
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No other way to explain my wife's
brother coming upon me like he did.
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For 3 days, he and his band cared for me and
I shared the story of my family's departure
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and my mission to find them.
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It hurt to trade a rifle for a horse,
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but I knew I could never
catch up to my family on foot.
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Winter was in the air, and if
I could not cross the sierras,
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they would be lost to me until spring.
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Best laid plans, people call 'em.
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Well, winter did come early.
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20-foot snow drifts closed the pass.
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California 1841
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It's too beautiful to be real.
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What is it, mama?
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Beyond that, as far as the eye can see,
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is california, just as your father said.
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Will daddy ever see it?
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[Speaking natvie language]