The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-22
Ghost Dance.
THE GREAT INDIAN UPRISING.
Tho Situation Grows More
Alarming Hour by Hour
at tho Agencies.
THE PROPHET or THE MESSIAH
Delivers Il Sermon in Which 1Ie
THE PROPHET or THE MESSIAH
Delivers Il Sermon III Which IIe
Strengthens tho Faith Of
His Followers,
And Increases Their Frenzy Against
Tho Whltcs-Scttlers Still Fleeing for
Their Liycs-Iho Troops Massfng
tOProtect Thcm-Aclion by the
Var Department = Tho
Ghost Dance Continues.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.-This evening Gen.
eral Miles was in receipt OF telegram
dated Rosebud, Indian Agency, South
Dakota, in which the officer making the
official report from that agency has the
following interesting communication,
which ho made to his superior officer.
lie says: % '1
"In advance OF my formal report,
send youathe sermon OF Short Bull, the
so.called prophet OF the Messiah, at this
agency, delivered by him at Red Leaf
camp:
TIE GRAFTON. 10.
My FRIENDS AND RELATIvEs:-1 will
soon start the thing in running order.
l have told you that this would come to
pass in two seasons, but since the whites
arc interfering 90 much, will advance
the time from what my Father above
told mo. The time will be shorter.
Therefore you must not be afraid Of any,
thing. Some Of my relatives have no
ears, so will have them blown away.
Now there will be tree RpIout up, and
then all the members OF our religion and
the tribe must gather together. That
will be tho place where we will see cur
relatives. But before this time we must
dance the balance oi the moon. ut the
end Of which time the earth will shiyer
very hard. Whenever this thing oc-
ours will start the wind to blow.
Wo arc tho ones who will then see our
fathers, mothers and everybody. We
are the tribe OF Indians and the ones
who are living the sacred life. God, our
father, himself, has told and command.
ed and shown me to do these things.
Our Fatherin hearen has placed mark
at each point Of tho four winds. First,
clay pipe which lies at the setting Of
the Sun and represents the Sioux tribe;
second, there is a holy arrow lying at
the north, which represents the Chey-
enne tribe; third, at the rising of the
sun there lies hail, representing the
Arapahoc tribes; and, fourth, there lies
apipe and nice feather at the south,
which represents the Grow tribe.
ON WITH TIE DANCE.
My father has shown me these things;
therefore we must continue the dance.
There may be soldiers surround you,
but pay 10 attention to them, continue
the dance. Ii the soldiers surround you
Iour deep, three Of you upon whom l
have put holy shirts will sing a song
which have taught you, and some OF
them will drop dead, then the rest will
start to run, but their horses will eink
into the earth. The riders will jump
from their horses, but they will sink
: into the earth and you can do what you
desire with them.
Now you must know this, that all the
soldiers and that race will be dead.
There will be only 5000 OF them left
living on tho earth. My friends and
rclativea, this is straight aud true. Now
We must gather at Pass creek, when the
time comes. Then We will go among
our dead relatives. You must not take
any earthly things with you. Then the
men and women must disrobe them
selves. My Father above has told us to
do this and we must do as he says. You
must not be afraid of anything. The
guns are the only thing we are afraid Of
but they belong to our Father in Heaven
He will see that they do no harm
Whatever white men tell you, do no
listen to them. My relations, this is all
will now raise my hand to my Fathe,
aud close what he has said to you
through me-"