[00:00.03]Then came West Virginia came Nevada and Nebraska[00:04.20]Colorado and Dakota, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming[00:10.53]And the West was opened up[00:14.13]And for ther first time it seems[00:16.20]That the nation was really conscious of itself as a nation[00:20.52]Railroad tracks crossed the land as did telegraph wires[00:25.11]Public opinion and great ideas were now reflected on a national basis[00:32.13]And never in this land before us and never more hereafter[00:36.48]Will a land know such a people as a man we call a cowboy[00:40.56]His hat and his bandana his unique brand of lingo[00:45.33]All his devil deeds of daring bold and skillful in the saddle[00:50.01]Brave and daring in the rambling wild and eager in exploring[00:52.50]Land that calls him with a challenge[00:53.25]But the land was already claimed by a people[00:54.18]When the cowboy came and when the soldiers came[00:55.08]The story of the American Indian is in a lot of ways a story of tragedy[00:56.73]Like that day at Wounded Knee South Dakota