Into the West
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Many long knives came to avenge
the death of the man called custer.

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Because they could not find
crazy horse and sitting bull,

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their anger fell on those
already on the reservations.

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The great council in washington
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declared all indians to be prisoners of war.
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The lakota, they said,
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had broken the promise of the treaty paper.
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The most sacred of sacred
lands, the paha sapa,

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promised forever to the lakota people,
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now belonged to the white man,
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and he would never give it back.
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Loved by the buffalo had
begun to see the truth

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of growling bear's vision,
and it pained his heart.

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He felt the loss of the power of wakan tanka
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and knew that the time was soon coming
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to return to his people without having
found the answers he had sought for so long.

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Mr. Wheeler.
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Captain pratt.
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You remember.
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Well, not likely to
forget our last encounter.

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"Exception to the rule"
I believe you called me.


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