April 23, 2024 • 14 mins
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(00:01):
Volunteer fighters. Volunteer fighters, thedaring and courage of a handful of brave
(01:33):
pioneers who made the West safe forthe generation of today. In eighteen ninety,
two, years after South Dakota wasadmitted into the Union, an event
loomed on the horizon that threatened tocompletely stop migration into the state. A
piot Indian with the name of Wavocahad been raised in the home of a
white man who was very religious.One night, Wavoca had a wonderful dream.
The next morning he related it toanother piout I stood in the presence
(01:57):
of God, cold chiefs, andGod said to me, go teach the
Indians in all the lands the betterways of living. Tell them to be
more peaceful, to live without stealingor lying or murdering. Tell them to
dance away their sins. Dance awaytheir sins. Wavoka, Yes, so
it had been told me in thedream. Is it to be the rain
(02:19):
dance or corn dance or buffalo dance? No, God said to Wovoka,
go into all the lands and teachthe red men the ghosts dance. In
Waboca's dream, there was a mixtureof old Indian customs and the new religious
(02:40):
ideas of Christianity. Everywhere this newteacher went he was welcome. Soon the
teachings spread, and each tribe changedthem just a little, until Waboka could
hardly recognize them. At the timethey reached South Dakota, one of the
disgruntled chiefs of the South Dakota Indianswas short Ball. For years, he
had been looking for something that pouldappeals of the Indians so he could lead
(03:00):
them in a general uprising against theWhite He recognized the teachings of our book
as the way. Returning to thePine Ridge Agency, he immediately set himself
up as a messiah. He wouldnot teach the ways of peace, but
war. His message would be deathto the Whites. Have not created from
the reservations with bad medicine against thered men? Has he not paid around
our next to York? Has henot got the Indian of his web right
(03:22):
and currently taking his land, stolenhis food, fled to him and deceived
and TRIXI, if you would drawoff the white man's joke, follow me,
I would teach you the ritual ofthe ghost tents. I would wait
upon each one of you are magicalholy shirt, I will teach you the
sacred change to this new religion.And then when each of you has become
(03:42):
a messiah, all who tried toharm you will fall dead. In their
text, when we have run theghost dents and wear the holy shirt,
we will move off the cursed reservationsand once again hunt the buffalo and the
bad land, and every tale offaith who lifts his hands against the red
men sing. The message of theGhost Dan spread all over the Dakotas.
(04:11):
Before many weeks had passed, overthree thousand Indians had secretly left the reservations.
The bloodthirsty braves fired with the messiahcraze began lying in wait for the
immigrant trains. J I've got thestrangest season. If we weren't so close
to the Black Hills, I'd sayturned back. It's just a woman's foolish
(04:31):
fears. If you've see mere,who ain't it thretting about one thing?
It's another Jed puts that are comingall fear to eat more folks heading for
South Dakota. What's it doing offthe trail? Oh? I don't know.
Indian Wan circle I show you aheadof heel horse Treumans were all there
(04:55):
on and they're Sitty O them,We'll be more than a match for them.
There's hundreds of red then to comeand Lickerty Swift form scott rifles.
Let's see an Indian uprising. Wiveyou now the drake, Just the women
and Shelton under the wagon. Justthe men a wagon and let the make
a run for it. There's fivehundred of those. This can't be coming.
First outrades followed alfraids by breathed intimidationand massacred. The Red Men stopped
(05:29):
the flow of immigration into South Dakota. The situation took a sudden turn from
serious to critical with the news thatmister Governor sitting Bull has just joined forces
with short Ball Bigfoot is being imploredto take up the Tommahawk in another month.
Every Indian in the chorus will beon the war padder Miss Sacred Lunch.
As Messiah Craig has gotten out ofhand. There's only one man who
has ever put the fear of Godinto these Red Skintons, General Nelson A.
(05:50):
Miles, And I'm going to askthe government at Washington to send him
to South Dakota. General Miles O. The troops in reddiness startant quickly after
(06:24):
my conference for the Governor, wetake up them off. Yes, sir,
Governor expects you, General Miles.You're very welcome, Sir, Thank
you, General Miles. Governor hascomming. Excellency, General Miles, I
don't believe I have to apprise youof this critical situation. Unless we can
(06:46):
get these Indians back on the reservations, this state has no future. We
look to the migration of farmers,miners, and cattlemen to build up our
population, but the Oberland roots mustbe kept open. I believe I know
the temper of the Red men.Let me have one decisive battle and their
leaders will be ready for a powerout. And I leave the entire affair
in your hands. But one thingis certain, this mersiah will break.
(07:10):
This maniacal uprising must be put down. I give you my word at child
and mister Governor, South Dakota hasa future. I'll scouts the source that
(07:36):
the chiefs Jelliver and Vic Worter leadingtheir braves and moving against her to day
we're both traveling. Then we shouldmeet at Woundedneed Creek. Sitting bull is
not as taking up the march.Good. Take an attachment of fifty minutes,
get to Pine rich reservation and arresthim and his leader. Yessir,
if your information is correct, beforesundown tomorrow there to be a pitched battle.
It's Woundednee Creek. Don't see hidingthe hair the Redskins yet, General
(08:13):
Miles, Yeah, they'll be here. Do you suppose they believe all his
poppy cock about the Holy Shirt protectingthem from bullets? Hey, my experienced
this thought me that an Indian believesin good medicine or bad medicine. The
Indian medicine is all powerful for good, the white men's for evil. A
bullet is no respector of shirts.Sir, well, I hope we get
the leaders in the first few minutesof fighting. I don't want to exterminate
(08:37):
the Indian I just want to getthem back to the reservations and bring peace
to Dostorgara. Hey, who's notcoming down one of the scouts, Sir?
If at a thousand Indians center,you a breton big foot approaching wounded
Neat Creek are the I'm the driverabout one third our shir the Empress with
four Norris and Tommy Hawks. Afew will have carbines. Very good,
give the order to attack of costwounded the Greek person and take them.
(09:00):
I get to their ringer. Sir, Oh, your firemen, then we
cost. The great signal to firewould be when I take my sword out
of it, scab it and pointit straight at the enemy. We're getting
(09:24):
pretty closed. In general, they'llhave our rings and another two or three
hundred yards fire, Ronny, lookat them boats. Yes, I guess
(09:50):
the Holy Shirt has orders the powersof prediction or devils sage? Have we
ordered to stop filings? In general, you've got a thousand Redskins right in
the palmer your hands. I've notcome to enough to God to destroy the
Red men, safeguard and preserve them, save them from themselves. It has
never forget Major that while these Indiansmaybe covers them, at times, they
awards of the government kild in asgreat White fathers in Washington, the wider
(10:15):
to see the General Miles. Oh, what is it, General, I've
just come back from the Grand RiverSitting Bull's death and who killed him?
The soldiers you sent to arrest himwere hard upon by Sitting Bull's followers,
and the fight that followed Sitting Bullwas killed. Too bad. It makes
it all the harder for the governmentparts when we set down the power outs.
The Indians will think I sent thesoldier to kill the great thief.
That's all I have to report her. Very good. Well, how we
(10:41):
must have talk, and Sir,send Indians scout under a flag of truce
to all the red Skins and thebadlands. Tell them that General Miles once
to set down with them and smokethe pipe of pete Oh in the name
(11:05):
of the Great White Father in Washington. I say, go back to the
reservation, go back to your agencyhopes. I give my word, which
has never been broken, with myIndian brothers, that you will have good
food, kind treatment, and foreverlive in peace and plenty. This is
my word I have spoken. Sittingbull is with his father's in the happy
(11:26):
hunting grounds. Bigfoot he is theretoo. Yellow Bird has joined him.
The chiefs are dead. The HolyShirt was bad medicine. From Rising son
to rising son, through all theyears to come, we will be at
peace with our white brothers. Thisis my word. It shall never be
(11:50):
broken. Thus ended the last armedIndian trouble in the state of South Dakota.
(12:11):
The Messiah craze had burned itself out. Prosperity returned to the Badlands thanks
to the courage and daring of anothergreat frontier fighter, General Nelson Appleton, Miles
Volunteer fighters. Volunteer fighters, thedaring and courage of a handful of brave
(01:33):
pioneers who made the West safe forthe generation of today. In eighteen ninety,
two, years after South Dakota wasadmitted into the Union, an event
loomed on the horizon that threatened tocompletely stop migration into the state. A
piot Indian with the name of Wavocahad been raised in the home of a
white man who was very religious.One night, Wavoca had a wonderful dream.
The next morning he related it toanother piout I stood in the presence
(01:57):
of God, cold chiefs, andGod said to me, go teach the
Indians in all the lands the betterways of living. Tell them to be
more peaceful, to live without stealingor lying or murdering. Tell them to
dance away their sins. Dance awaytheir sins. Wavoka, Yes, so
it had been told me in thedream. Is it to be the rain
(02:19):
dance or corn dance or buffalo dance? No, God said to Wovoka,
go into all the lands and teachthe red men the ghosts dance. In
Waboca's dream, there was a mixtureof old Indian customs and the new religious
(02:40):
ideas of Christianity. Everywhere this newteacher went he was welcome. Soon the
teachings spread, and each tribe changedthem just a little, until Waboka could
hardly recognize them. At the timethey reached South Dakota, one of the
disgruntled chiefs of the South Dakota Indianswas short Ball. For years, he
had been looking for something that pouldappeals of the Indians so he could lead
(03:00):
them in a general uprising against theWhite He recognized the teachings of our book
as the way. Returning to thePine Ridge Agency, he immediately set himself
up as a messiah. He wouldnot teach the ways of peace, but
war. His message would be deathto the Whites. Have not created from
the reservations with bad medicine against thered men? Has he not paid around
our next to York? Has henot got the Indian of his web right
(03:22):
and currently taking his land, stolenhis food, fled to him and deceived
and TRIXI, if you would drawoff the white man's joke, follow me,
I would teach you the ritual ofthe ghost tents. I would wait
upon each one of you are magicalholy shirt, I will teach you the
sacred change to this new religion.And then when each of you has become
(03:42):
a messiah, all who tried toharm you will fall dead. In their
text, when we have run theghost dents and wear the holy shirt,
we will move off the cursed reservationsand once again hunt the buffalo and the
bad land, and every tale offaith who lifts his hands against the red
men sing. The message of theGhost Dan spread all over the Dakotas.
(04:11):
Before many weeks had passed, overthree thousand Indians had secretly left the reservations.
The bloodthirsty braves fired with the messiahcraze began lying in wait for the
immigrant trains. J I've got thestrangest season. If we weren't so close
to the Black Hills, I'd sayturned back. It's just a woman's foolish
(04:31):
fears. If you've see mere,who ain't it thretting about one thing?
It's another Jed puts that are comingall fear to eat more folks heading for
South Dakota. What's it doing offthe trail? Oh? I don't know.
Indian Wan circle I show you aheadof heel horse Treumans were all there
(04:55):
on and they're Sitty O them,We'll be more than a match for them.
There's hundreds of red then to comeand Lickerty Swift form scott rifles.
Let's see an Indian uprising. Wiveyou now the drake, Just the women
and Shelton under the wagon. Justthe men a wagon and let the make
a run for it. There's fivehundred of those. This can't be coming.
First outrades followed alfraids by breathed intimidationand massacred. The Red Men stopped
(05:29):
the flow of immigration into South Dakota. The situation took a sudden turn from
serious to critical with the news thatmister Governor sitting Bull has just joined forces
with short Ball Bigfoot is being imploredto take up the Tommahawk in another month.
Every Indian in the chorus will beon the war padder Miss Sacred Lunch.
As Messiah Craig has gotten out ofhand. There's only one man who
has ever put the fear of Godinto these Red Skintons, General Nelson A.
(05:50):
Miles, And I'm going to askthe government at Washington to send him
to South Dakota. General Miles O. The troops in reddiness startant quickly after
(06:24):
my conference for the Governor, wetake up them off. Yes, sir,
Governor expects you, General Miles.You're very welcome, Sir, Thank
you, General Miles. Governor hascomming. Excellency, General Miles, I
don't believe I have to apprise youof this critical situation. Unless we can
(06:46):
get these Indians back on the reservations, this state has no future. We
look to the migration of farmers,miners, and cattlemen to build up our
population, but the Oberland roots mustbe kept open. I believe I know
the temper of the Red men.Let me have one decisive battle and their
leaders will be ready for a powerout. And I leave the entire affair
in your hands. But one thingis certain, this mersiah will break.
(07:10):
This maniacal uprising must be put down. I give you my word at child
and mister Governor, South Dakota hasa future. I'll scouts the source that
(07:36):
the chiefs Jelliver and Vic Worter leadingtheir braves and moving against her to day
we're both traveling. Then we shouldmeet at Woundedneed Creek. Sitting bull is
not as taking up the march.Good. Take an attachment of fifty minutes,
get to Pine rich reservation and arresthim and his leader. Yessir,
if your information is correct, beforesundown tomorrow there to be a pitched battle.
It's Woundednee Creek. Don't see hidingthe hair the Redskins yet, General
(08:13):
Miles, Yeah, they'll be here. Do you suppose they believe all his
poppy cock about the Holy Shirt protectingthem from bullets? Hey, my experienced
this thought me that an Indian believesin good medicine or bad medicine. The
Indian medicine is all powerful for good, the white men's for evil. A
bullet is no respector of shirts.Sir, well, I hope we get
the leaders in the first few minutesof fighting. I don't want to exterminate
(08:37):
the Indian I just want to getthem back to the reservations and bring peace
to Dostorgara. Hey, who's notcoming down one of the scouts, Sir?
If at a thousand Indians center,you a breton big foot approaching wounded
Neat Creek are the I'm the driverabout one third our shir the Empress with
four Norris and Tommy Hawks. Afew will have carbines. Very good,
give the order to attack of costwounded the Greek person and take them.
(09:00):
I get to their ringer. Sir, Oh, your firemen, then we
cost. The great signal to firewould be when I take my sword out
of it, scab it and pointit straight at the enemy. We're getting
(09:24):
pretty closed. In general, they'llhave our rings and another two or three
hundred yards fire, Ronny, lookat them boats. Yes, I guess
(09:50):
the Holy Shirt has orders the powersof prediction or devils sage? Have we
ordered to stop filings? In general, you've got a thousand Redskins right in
the palmer your hands. I've notcome to enough to God to destroy the
Red men, safeguard and preserve them, save them from themselves. It has
never forget Major that while these Indiansmaybe covers them, at times, they
awards of the government kild in asgreat White fathers in Washington, the wider
(10:15):
to see the General Miles. Oh, what is it, General, I've
just come back from the Grand RiverSitting Bull's death and who killed him?
The soldiers you sent to arrest himwere hard upon by Sitting Bull's followers,
and the fight that followed Sitting Bullwas killed. Too bad. It makes
it all the harder for the governmentparts when we set down the power outs.
The Indians will think I sent thesoldier to kill the great thief.
That's all I have to report her. Very good. Well, how we
(10:41):
must have talk, and Sir,send Indians scout under a flag of truce
to all the red Skins and thebadlands. Tell them that General Miles once
to set down with them and smokethe pipe of pete Oh in the name
(11:05):
of the Great White Father in Washington. I say, go back to the
reservation, go back to your agencyhopes. I give my word, which
has never been broken, with myIndian brothers, that you will have good
food, kind treatment, and foreverlive in peace and plenty. This is
my word I have spoken. Sittingbull is with his father's in the happy
(11:26):
hunting grounds. Bigfoot he is theretoo. Yellow Bird has joined him.
The chiefs are dead. The HolyShirt was bad medicine. From Rising son
to rising son, through all theyears to come, we will be at
peace with our white brothers. Thisis my word. It shall never be
(11:50):
broken. Thus ended the last armedIndian trouble in the state of South Dakota.
(12:11):
The Messiah craze had burned itself out. Prosperity returned to the Badlands thanks
to the courage and daring of anothergreat frontier fighter, General Nelson Appleton, Miles
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