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And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, 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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After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked.
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If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.
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To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.
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I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength.
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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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I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.
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When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
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They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life.
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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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And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.
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