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The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write.

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Red Cloud
Age: 88 †
Born: 1822
Born: September 20
Died: 1910
Died: December 10
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Maḣpíya Lùta
Makhpiya-luta
Mahpiya Luta
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