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Wounded Knee Creek
December 29, 1890
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[Man chanting,
rhythmic drumming]
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Dispatch rider!
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"Major Whitside, 7 th cavalry,
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commanding battalion
in the field.
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General Miles
directs me to say
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that a solution to the Sioux
uprising must be found at once.
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Disarm the Indians.
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Take every precaution
to prevent their escape.
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If they choose to fight,
subdue them."
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Dispatch, sir.
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[Chanting continues]
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[War cries]
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They've been doing it all night.
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There's gonna be an uprising.
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No, soldier.
It's a ghost dance.
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That's all.
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Praying to their ancestors
for help.
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Boy.
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Where are they taking us?
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They called you Blue Child.
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I knew your mother.
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Get back behind the tent line.