A thrilling and truthful history of the pony express; or, Blazing the westward way, and other sketches and incidents of those stirring times . s clearly the duty ofthe Crusaders to take a hand and go and knock the said Turksover the head with battle axes, sothe Sioux, incited by Sitting Bull,The Right Reverend Short Bull-now become High Priest—andKicking Bear, got out their guns andprepared to help divine Providenceto the best of their abihty when-ever the Messiah should appear. Itdoesnt seem to have struck them as atall ridiculous that Wankantanka, theGreat Spirit, being omnipotent, shouldreq
A thrilling and truthful history of the pony express; or, Blazing the westward way, and other sketches and incidents of those stirring times . s clearly the duty ofthe Crusaders to take a hand and go and knock the said Turksover the head with battle axes, sothe Sioux, incited by Sitting Bull,The Right Reverend Short Bull-now become High Priest—andKicking Bear, got out their guns andprepared to help divine Providenceto the best of their abihty when-ever the Messiah should appear. Itdoesnt seem to have struck them as atall ridiculous that Wankantanka, theGreat Spirit, being omnipotent, shouldrequire the help of the Sioux, Brules,or others, in working out hisdesigns. Let us not sneer at the half-starvedIndians. The extent to which thearmies of Europe have sought toassist the Almighty to crush out theopposition, even in recent times, maybe read in the sermons of archbishopsand the thanksgivings of this respect the ancient Jews setthem a pious example. At this supreme psychic moment,when the dancing at Pine Ridge waswaxing fast and furious, and thefanatical creatures were falling intoswoons, seeing visions under the. Gen. Tony Forsyth
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