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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.

I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.

Black Elk

People, Vision, Might

And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.

Black Elk

Native American, Circles, People

Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

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.

Black Elk

Memories, Men, People

Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

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.

Black Elk

Clouds, White, Mountain

Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.

Black Elk

Earth, Red, Sticks

Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

Whether it happened so or not I do not know; but if you think about it you can see that it is true.

Black Elk

Thinking, Happened, Knows

Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.

Black Elk

Given, Said, Nations

Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books