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The Brule Sioux mythological
"spider man", Iktome, in a 19th century folktale
warns of the coming of the white man, Wasichu:
"This new man is not wise, but he is very clever... you
shall know him as Washi-man, steal-all, or better by the
name of fat-taker, Wasichu, because he will take the fat
of the land...He will steal the air...This man will lie. He cannot
speak the truth.... He will bring four things: wicocuye
- sickness; wawoya - hate; wawiwagele - prejudice;
waunshilap-sni - pitilessness." 20
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