The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-05-23
4 strange Religion AmonGthe
Indians.
An INDIAN MOSES.


10 any one acquainted with the present 4
temper If the Pacific Coast indians the /
reason for the massacre Of Gen. Candy BY
Capt. Jack is obvious.
A belief exists among the tribes and
bands in the States and Territories here.
tofore named that the time Of their deliver
ance from the domination Of the white race
is close at hand. 1t has long been predict
ed by the old warriors and their medicine
men, and within the last three years has
gained an almost universal. acceptance
When questioned however, by those
sustaining official relations with them, most
Of the Indians deny any knowledge of these
beliefs Or traditions. Nevertheless, the fact
that the belief has become almost universal
is well known to all intelligent men having
friendly relations with the Indians.
o. page 1863, Commissioner report for
1872, are four statements on the subject, BY
n. A. Cornuyer, agent ia charge Of the
ltmatilla Reservation, Oregon, to which
supt. L. b. Odeueal, Of Oregon, at tue
conclusion Of his report ION page 1862, same
book), makes the following references
N STRANGE AND DANGEROUS RELIGION.
The Indians mentioned BY Agent Cor
noyer in his report as being on the Coum-
bia River, numbering, in his'opinion, 1000,
are source Of considerable annoyance to
the agents at Warm Springs and Umatilla,
They have new and peculiar religion, BY
the doctlines Of which they are taught that
4 new God is coming to their rescue that
all the Indians who have died heretofore
and who shall die hereafter are to be resur
rected that Us they then will be very nu
merous and powerful, they will be able t
CONQUER Tie whites, recover their lands, ant
: live as free and uhrestrained as their father
lived in oIden times. Their model Of
man is an Indian they aspire to be Indian
and nothing else. About 400 Of them be
long at Umatilla Agency, loo at War;
. Springs and the remainder in the Ferritorie
9 Of Idaho and Washington. understan
e that repeated Intellectual efforts have bee
made to induce them to return to the
r reservations. 1t has not been practicabl
+ for me to confer personlly with them.
> is thought by those who know them bei
t that they cannot be made to go upon the
Q reservations without ut least being intim
r dated by the presence Of military force.
If WHO SHALL BE THE INDIAN MOSES
/ This belief, substantially the same
officially stated above, has led the lndial
IS in that belt Of country situated east of Il
10 Cascade and west of the Rocky Mountai
ss to longiogy look. for the coming Of th'
10 deliverer and to hail all unusual natul
re occurrences as indications Of his snee
" advent. No chief knows but that lie m
is proye to be the chosen Que, and Capt. jag
e. in his success, will be greeted as such
sll great numbers of braves. The same id
ut that inspired the FIRST gun of reheIlii
lis namely-to fire the Southern hear
N actuated these Indians. The treaciiere
he assault, in which Gen. Canby was sacrlfc
in would never have been made had not Ca
lat Jack and his associates been guaranteed
I'D cooperation Of the great tribes of all y
EN- section. It was the one thing needed
ks fire the Indian heart. The fact that G
nd Candy and other men were slain is as
les known to-day to the Indians about I
Benton as to the people at Yreka.
rly earthquake which shook Oregon and We