Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-16
THE INDIAN MOVEMENT.

a SHORT time ago a number Of ar
{ ticles appeared in the Journals Of IN,
= country, setting forth claims mad,
by numbers Of Indians that they hal
seen the Savior anu received Hi
personal teachings. The dispatches
referred to were reproduced in In,
NEWS and created no small d-gre,
= Of interest. II appears that DR.
, King, an Indian by birth, and 10y
profession healer, has visited aud
conversCzl with PO7cupine and
others who have stated they had
seen the Chris.. The D5stor Is an
old resident Of Minii. lie was in,
tervirWel few days ago by n rep
reseniaiive Of the Rs.gisIer. Of Eph-
rain. aud We here append the result,
a appear in the columns Of that
! laper:
The reporter asked. We'll. Doctor,
have you read the papers. aud seen
the areouu: % the Indian Porcupineg'
'''No. I have not. but I have seen
Pore ipine himself, / have bssn clear
up INTO Idaho in order 10 see him, aud
helI what he had 10 sly.'
"'How did You learn Of his being
there II you have no: seen the ae-
counts in papers,
"''Well, my uncle, who was one q
the party o. Indians who went 10 see
the Savior, wrote 20 me % come up
into idaho auI sse him before he went
back home, aud also TO see Porrurine,
ard I WENT
Wei, Doctor, / have come q ask
you fcw questions ablu: this matter,
aud Il you viii give as a statement Of
what you know ab,u; i; YOU will
obli-c me-
"'Al right said the f1s:or, aud he
pToceeleI: \ year az, la, June. an
Indian O! the sioux Nation named
Oscar. had a dream that Christ hal
come on the earth aud he was % get
the Inians and 20 ont into Nevai1
aud see Him al certain time and
place. lie was gHiis startled az his
dream, hut dsl 30. make any eirlrt t1
20 on his mission. Two night, after
he hal the same dream, and this im-
pressed l.-eif ON hi- mind. - much
that De told Il o. others 81 his tribe.
and tried 20 -gl them % GO: hut they
would 40: listen - him. A-sIn the
third time De had she dream iwn dav,
's,es and ,ni, tim, hs succeeded Ia
IN ilyinE the Indians believe him, AMI
members Of his irlbs S:a=,cI on Hicir
ri'=rima-e.
.sS- ores q Iuiau-. CleyanusS,
Crows, aal fspm many o-har tribes.
Ilinal them AMI they laurneysI, as
hss; they could, % their destination.
suffering IA ,gy PTivsgi1us ami harl-
ships zh De- ia route.
"Por-ap.ur and my uncle the latter
from the IudIan Territory. and th-
former from Ilaao. were among tha
number. rorrgnInc had bsena very /
bad Indian prior % this, having served |
a term in the guard house 4. ile Pos: .
Tor stealing
"A The appointed time and place, |
tia place being Walker lake. Neyait. I
Indians were assembled from various I
nations, each tribe speaking their own /
iaiss, and uo: being able O. under I
stand their nei-l11Hs. A. Night APP /
preached, tEry sIw q per-ona.c COM I
m- s-rm Use cls. aaI tla IuIuu, f.
were >arisiiel from his appearance. 4
taIi hs was indeed iha Ca-i-.. aui /.
they saw him surrounded with
bright light. As DC approached, the
halo % li-l; aaaE. hi, heal ~hau-
brilliantly and made him appear % I
Tire uu;Utnrel ewes o. the Slrl-es p-s-
grand During hi, s,av a. /
,his time DE said no; d word. and after
remaining with them a -hurs time he
leIt ihluI, "a D. one knew h5w or when.
The EsZt day he again appeared /
and spoke 10 them ali day long. aniiu ]
such language THAI each one % the I
different tribes 81 Indians understood
his meaning por'ersly. lie iusirucicl
The Indians and gave them a So. OF
commandments AMI appointed Porcu-
pine IS one q HIS disciples 20 - forth
ina preach His savings 20 all PEOPLE.
and instructed him not 20 aid 10 or
lake from what no had heard. T. was
this THAI my uncle wrote, and then / .
wen; up uor.h 10 see about it,
Wei, doctor, You met P0rcupiue
now what do you think 81 him, and
N those s.atemenlss' a,keI the re
ror.er.
"'Well, think they are all true. /
believe PorruPine 60 b. an inspired
man q Cod AMI here the doctor
srew earnest. why Porcupine wa,
only au ignorant Indian. a very i-nor- /
ant man, and bal in hi, Ignorance:
aud NOW when he talks. no Uses Ian
-1a-e that Us good and becomes
very ciOgueH'. lie will stand n IL F. ,
Tor several minutes. and
hen raising his eyes and extending s
bis arms towards heaven he will de-
'.are with great teryoT the things he
las seen and heard aui knows: and ,
declaring o. the people that ,hsy must
.epeni. WHY, among those Indians. ,
Who are very had people he Ia, q
au-cI them % throw away their s
Weapons and cease from their evil O
PRACTICES. r. is not the Indian, alone.
'ut also many white people believe ;
him. /,
with what Indians was DE- when v
'ou me; him, doriors-'
"iie was with alb az five hundred q
'row Indians. away up in the north ,
a>tern plri Of lIrho. Tie does a gnrlt :
5al Of healing by faith and the laying I
n Of hands. a, also does his followers. u
ie says Is Is one u the gifts and =
blessings that Jesus bes.owe i uron D
i'm
Doctor King seemed very earnest +
huu; all be sad, ami gave the i'm \
res-ipn " a man who was thorough /.
convinced tha; what he said was d
-uc. y
The September Registration.
The following notice has been v
-ni 10 registration officer, through !
ut the Territory:
FFIcE OF THE UTAH CouuussrDy a
salt LAKE t!ty, Aug. -, Isgl. e
SlI:-Dgring the week beginning =
n Monday, September 5. lsql ygI u
re inquired 10 make 4 revision Of u
se registration list in yrlIr 1.-,...i,,..t "