Into the West
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If wakan tanka blesses you with such a bond,
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there is nothing that can destroy it.
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Those whom god hath joined together,
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let no man put asunder.
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Old indian: The roads of the people and
the white man could not be kept apart.

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The white father in the
place called washington

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sent word that all the nations of the
plains should gather to hear his words.

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[Speaking lakota language]
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[Speaking lakota language]
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[Speaking lakota language]
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[Speaking lakota language]
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[Speaking lakota language]
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[Speaking lakota language]
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[Speaking lakota language]
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From all directions,
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many nations came to the great smoke to show
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their desire to live at
peace with the whites.

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The lakota called it the
council at long meadows,

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and our friends the cheyenne
called it the horse creek treaty.

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To the whites, it was the
treaty of fort laramie.

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"Article 5: The aforesaid
indian nations "do hereby

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recognize and acknowledge the
following tracts of country,"

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included within the metes and
boundaries hereinafter designated...

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the broken hand who
spoke for the white father

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divided the earth among the nations
as if he were the creator himself.

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He gave each nation land they already owned.

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