Best Black Elk Sayings
- My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the story of my… Bend
- I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices. Been
- After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked. Dance
- And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me. Color
- I cured with the power that came through me. Advertising Agencies
- I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and… All
- The soldiers did go away and their towns were torn down; and in the Moon of Falling Leaves (November), they made a treaty with Red… Cloud
- And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a… All
- I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able… Able
- I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it. Inspirational
- So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth. Bright
- To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see. Bison
- Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like… All
- Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with… Alone
- I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that… All
- But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for… All
- You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much… Came
- You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that I had killed… Been
- And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less… All
- They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and… All
- 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… All
- It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with… Bird
- A good nation I will make live. Good
- I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them,… Another Strength
- If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was. History