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The Great Spirit will not make me suffer because I am ignorant. He will put me in a place where I shall be better off than in this world.

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Red Cloud
Age: 88 †
Born: 1822
Born: September 20
Died: 1910
Died: December 10
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Maḣpíya Lùta
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