:01:35
Loved by the buffalo had
traveled across the nations,
:01:39
but had not yet found the prophet
:01:41
who could make false the terrible
vision of the white man's wheel.
:01:45
He sought the signs that would lead
him to his people's salvation...
:01:49
but found only traces of those who had
come before and vanished into the darkness.
:02:18
Let the ribbons of the
union pacific railroad
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Omaha, Nebraska Territory
December 1, 1863
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unfurl from this immortal point
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until they reach the shores
of the mighty pacific!
:02:32
I have in my hand a telegram
just received from washington...
:02:39
Which I shall read to you.
:02:42
It says,
:02:42
"when this great task shall have been done,"
:02:46
"disunion shall be rendered
forever after impossible. "
:02:51
"There will be no fulcrum for the
lever of treason to rest upon. "