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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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The white father then told the nations
to live in peace with one another
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and to allow the wagons of the
whites to pass through without harm.
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For that,
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he would give us cattle
to eat and fine things,
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but for any wrong the people did,
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the people would make payment.
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[Speaking lakota language]
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You cannot put stock in and
indian's word, mr. Fitzpatrick.
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I can assure you, lieutenant grattan,
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that if these people wished
us harm we'd all be quite dead.
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Once they've collected their
trinkets, they'll go back to pillaging.
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[Speaking lakota language]
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Tell me, lieutenant,
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how long have you labored
to keep our frontier safe?
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This is my first posting, sir.
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West point, is it?
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Yes.
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You'll find that the reality out here is a
lot different from what the generals preach.
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You'd do well to remember that, young man.