Long ago a prophet appeared, <br />A Piute Medicine Chief known as Wovoka. <br />He spoke to the Lakota people and others, <br />Of how to banish the white man. <br /> <br />They knew not they faced such great numbers. <br /> <br />This Messiah taught the Ghost Dance, <br />And promised come next spring, <br />New soil would smother all white men, <br />Sweet grass would cover the land, <br />Wild horses & buffalo would return, <br />All who danced the Ghost Dance, <br />Would be taken up into the air, <br />Suspended while new earth was laid down. <br /> <br />Kicking Bear assured Sitting Bull that, <br />If their people wore Ghost Dance shirts, <br />White mans bullets could not strike them so, <br />They painted their shirts with sacred symbols. <br /> <br />Indian agents grew nervous, moved quickly, <br />Telegraphing Washington for more troops. <br />Soldiers surrounded Sitting Bulls camp, <br />A fight ensued and many were killed. <br />Ghost Dance was thwarted, <br />before magic could fulfill... <br /> <br />'The Second Coming” prophecy belonged to the white man, <br />For they worshiped 'A Most Jealous god”<br /><br />Ray Lucero<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ghost-dance-4/
