- Leader | December 1, 1863 - August 19, 1950
I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices.
Black Elk
ThinkSummerOldFirstNextYears
If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.
HistoryYouWillSeeAgainRead
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.
AloneGreatMountainsWorldCloud
So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.
RedEarthBrightNationCenterHoop
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.
LifeManMeSickMedicineUncle
To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.
PowerVisionPeopleSeeUsePart
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.
GoodFatherMotherFaceBackRun
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