Wounded Knee Poem by Ima Ryma

It happened on Wounded Knee Creek,
At a camp of Lakota Sioux.
The 7th Cavalry did seek,
On orders, to take the tribe to
A reservation permanent.
The tribe had agreed to disarm,
And came together to present
Their weapons. One chief, in alarm,
Being deaf, did not understand.
His rifle accidently fired.
The shots from others did expand,
Until a massacre transpired.

A single misunderstanding,
So much needless bloodshed did bring.