So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.
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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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