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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.

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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
Heyoka
Medicine Man
Tribal Chief
Stills
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Still
Face
Back
Faces
Wanted
Father
Puffed
Right
Felt
Swollen
Good
Running
Badly
Mother
Legs
Around
Sitting

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