:27:16
Cotton will not stop a lead bullet
no matter what kicking bear says.
:27:25
To say "believe" or "do not believe,"
:27:30
this is the white man's way.
:28:17
This pernicious item, gentlemen,
is known as a ghost shirt.
:28:22
Among its many powers,
it is alleged to stop bullets.
:28:25
So let us not deny further
that trouble is imminent.
:28:28
Every one of these hostiles
is prepared to use violence.
:28:32
I've been among them before.
:28:33
Question is: What are
you going to do about it?
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We can do nothing until
the interior department
:28:37
and the war department
provide explicit instructions.
:28:41
Until then, we must all wait
:28:43
and be on our guard at
the first sign of outbreak.
:28:46
If you just leave it alone,
:28:48
and likely as not,
:28:49
the whole craze will
just die out on its own.
:28:52
Mr. Mclaughlin at standing rock
:28:54
believes that as long as a single malcontent
:28:57
like sitting bull remains at
large, that we cannot be secure.