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The visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds.

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Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us; and it was very still; but there were whispers.
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Clouds Mountain Whisper White
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
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Circles Country Native People
A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
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Given Make Nations Over Said
The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal.
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Animal Country Down Hawk Lament Swoops
Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world….
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Behind Crazy Dreamed Horse Hurt Nothing Real
I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.
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might People Vision
Everything tries to be round.
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Education Statistics Trying
There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
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Inspirational Life Peace
Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
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Fog Glowing Meaning Talk Thinking Words
For instance, the coyote is sly, so is the Indian. The eagle is the same. That is why the Indian is always feathered up, he is a relative to the wings of the air.
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Air Country Eagle Feathered Wings
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.
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Close Doing Everything Foolish
And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
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Breath Country Lightning Native
Behold this day. It is yours to make.
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Behold Inspirational Life
I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
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Good Memory People Some Vision
It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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Darkness Eye Men
Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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Birds Nests Religion Same

The visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds.

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