I did not know then how much was ended...A people's dream died there. It was a beautiful dream. - Black Elk

I did not know then how much was ended…A people’s dream died there. It was a beautiful dream.

– Black Elk

Speaking of Wounded Knee Massacre, in which 150 – 300 Lakota men, women and children were slaughtered by U.S. Army troops. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux (1932). By John G Neihardt.