Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-02

will see them. This earth will be too
small for them, and the father will
enlarge II, adding heaven to il, 80 ell
will have room. When this time
comes, this will be heaven aud earth
tgether Hhenevey you meet any OF
your friends, tell them these things,
just a. I have told you. You must
not GO to war or fight. am going 60
do away with all bsd things. and
everything will he good. In the
autumn everything will be renewed
and all good people will be made about
40. II they remain good until spring
they will be made young men and
children. Now, my children. you
mus. follow my directions and believe
what I tell you; II you do. you will
live forever. All people will be reaur-
reeted, and live forever and ever You
must not qusrrei or fight, becsuse
whites and Indians are the same
people. Ifanv ons man in anv Of the
tribes disobsys re. the whole tribe
will he annihilat.C. You must not
even think I lie. h.csuse TO matter
where you may he will know what
you do"
Porcupiue said ths' he (Porcupint)
did not tell these things "a coming
from himself, but ss the interpreter Of
Christ. There were lots OF white
people at these meetings and they all
acted as brothers. He thought all the
whites knew about the second coming
Of Christ, but II seems they did not.
When Christ talked tn him he thought
il was go,d. and thought so still.
When ne returned he told his people
they had been bad snd ssksd them to
be good. He talked tn the people for
five days and four nigh's aud told
them inst what he had told the whites,
tesching them the darca Christ bad
taught him He wished some of the
whites had been with him, and II they
would 20 he would take them with
him TO zee the great man. The only
sad thing in oil Christ told him. be
said, was that all the tribe must suffer
for one mans lin. "Some Of my people
believe whst | have told you" ha
iAd, "but some doubt II. Christ can
90 to any one in his sleep; you will
dream about him. and he will take
you to SEE your dead. He las often
come to me. Christ appeared to me
and told me my people had done
wrong. The next night he came
again and told me the truth would
come out at iss.." He re erred 10 the
killing OF Ferguson by the Chey-
epnes).
Porcupine then asked Msj. Uphaw
II the whites believed wnat he had told
them. Upshaw said that they had
heard what he had said with much
interest; that they believed that Por-
cupibe bad told the truth about bis
journey and saw this man. Upehaw
then said: eighteen hundred years
ago man came on this earth who wss
the Son Of God. He wss crucifisd his
hands and feet nailed to the cross. and
, q spear thrust in his side. He WIS put
, In the GROUND ard sfter three days
rose from the deal. He came before
sll his friends, who ran ard tslked to
him, staying forty days, then he went
to heaven. Before he went he told
} the people he was coming back, but
} we do not know when. A great many
men have since come tG the people
claiming to be Christ, but we do not
believe in them. There lie one thing
, your Christ told you that lie cot like
, our Christ. He never taught that .
whole tribe would be punished for one
> mans crime. Christ said when be
J went to heaven there would be oil
klndA Of Christs appear on the earth.
I have not seen this man and you may
| not have understood him exactly. He
. may not have meant to say he was the
|. Christ, but was like the white man's
preacher, sent by God. Our preacher
. tell us nearly the same things this
/. man told you"
. That Porcupine is fanatic Of the
I most extreme soft there is no doubt,
r ard he firmly believes the man he
1 saw at Pyra,nid lake is the Christ.
, Whether he told the whites all he
r told the Indians is doubtful; but Ger
E tain II Ia many Of the Cheyennes BE-
I lieve his story, and the craze has
Z spread to every tribe in the United
Q States, reachiug even down into the
Q Indian Territory. What its results
/. may be, and whether the influences
d will be for good or III, time alone can
a tell.