An Illustrated History of the USA

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promisedth em food. materialstob uildhomes, to o l s

tocultiv at ethelan d .Butthep ro miseswereofte n

broken.T here was greatsuffering 011 the

rese rva tions.Epidemic diseasesswep t thr oug hthem ,

ki llin gtheirpeople.

In lW)()areligiousprophetto ldtheSio u xtod ancea

specialdancecalledthe(;hostD ance .l ierold rhem

thati t"rheyd idsoJgreatmiraclewould ta keplace.

Theird eadwar r iorswou ldconicbarktolife ,the

buffalowouldrerumand ,III rhc whit emenwould be

sw eptaway byJg reat Hood.

T he Gho srDancem ovementW;I Speace ful.Butthe

D a ncers 'beliefs w o rr ied thegovernment .Sodi d the

farrthatSOIlH..o fthemw aved riflesabo ve the irh ead s

astheydanced.ItorderedrhcUIllYtoar res tthe

m o ve ment's leade rs.

O nJcold 1 kn..m berd ay inISt)l)agroupofJSl)
Sioux , 120 mena mi:DoWOIlWllan dch ildren ,left
t heirreservation.Ledb yJ.chiefn am edUigFo ot ,
they set otTtojoinanothergroupnearbyto rsafe ty.
ButJ.part yofsold iersstoppedthemonth e WJ.y an d
marchedth (' 111 toallarmypost at Woun ded Knee
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TheGhostD an c ers' Song

Fath er,han 'pit yo n u s

We arccr yin g fo rthirst

Allis gone!

We have nothin gtocat

Fath er ,w e arcpoor.

We arc very poo r.

T hebuffaloan..gOlH.'.

T hey arcall gone.

Take pity0 11u s,Fat h er,

Wl' arc dancingasyouw ished

Because you commandedus.

We dance hard ,w e dan celong-

Havep it y,

Father, helpus

Yo uarc closeby int hed ark

Hearus andhelpus.

T akeawayrhcwhite m en

Send hack the buffalo

We arc poorandw eak

We calldonothing alo ne

H el pu s tobewhatwe:oncewcrc-.

H app yhuntersofbuffalo.