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The Tear
By Bill Maultaup, Winona, MN

The great spirit shed a tear that day,
As the doomed Santee were led away.

Their death chants hung on the winter breeze,
As bystanders watched with gleeful ease.

Songs still sung by men so proud.
While the hangman readied many a shroud.

Up the steps to the platform high,
Their eyes lifted to the noonday sky.

Never again in this world to see their sons and wives,
When the ropes of help snuffed their lives.

The spirit watched as mothers, wives and daughters wept,
While the people of the valleys and plains were swept.

They had fought the fight for equality,
For promised payment and commodity.

Their lands were taken, their food was nil,
As traders produced a dishonest bill.

We offer apologies for our ancestor's deeds,
And extend a helping hand for future needs.

Yes, the great spirit shed a tear that winter day,
As thirty eight brave Dakota were led away.

Decated with great admiration to the people of the Dakota Nation
By the Multhaup family!

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