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WHAT DOES THIS POEM MEAN?
1. In the beginning, everything in the American plans and praire was fine.  There were no problems, very few people other than Native Americans.
2. Then the White people and the train came.  Everything changed, just like it does when a baby comes.  
3. The beginning of the westward expansion was ok.  Again, there were few people, and most people were friendly to the Native Americans.  Again, that is how people feel when a baby comes.
4. Does everybody always happy with babies?  No.  Sometimes, older brothers and sisters do not.  Also, they were there first.  They feel they had no control over the baby.  Parents too, sometimes, feel out of control, even though they had control over having the baby.  That is represented in the baby growing, the coming of the railroad, more people.
5. When a baby starts talking and walking, they are big events, just like the coming of the White man and the train, that is why the shaking and quaking.
6. The cry is because the American west was being changed, again just like a family changes because of a baby.   Crying is the most pronounced baby action.