On the morning of December 15th 43 engine police let them claw Patchy from his cabin shots were fired and Sitting Bull fell to the ground dead another band of soldiers had gone in search of the mini coins people had gone to the Badlands where they could perform the Ghost Dance Without Fear the bluecoats caught up with them and the Indians and the soldiers camp for the night beside Wounded Knee Creek 500 soldiers good guard over 350 men women and children at Sunrise the Army began the song somehow a rifle went off on a soldier fell dead and both side of the tire at once they are me cut down half the men with his first volley 153 men women and children of the Lakota Nation late dead their blood 25 corpses from the 7th Cavalry logo shirts have been powerless and the snow is fell for 2 days softly muffling the moans of the dying on New Year's Day of 1891 the Frozen dead of Wounded Knee were gathered in wagons and buried in a mass grave blackout said many years later I can still see the butchered women and children lying keep them scattered and I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud and was buried in blizzard a people's dream died there it was a beautiful dream but the legacy of the Teton Lakota still commands deep respect and admiration today their fight for survival against the US Army at Little Bighorn created a legend yet ultimately led to their final defeat the spirit of a proud people who poured forth their blood to preserve a way of life
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