New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-28
BISHOP HARES VIEWS.

From the sioux Falls lrcs~'
Bishop Hare gives interesting account OF ,ne
Messiah craze lie does not believe That tlc lnuis
Will 20 10 war Bishop Hare returned yesterday
from pfotractcd stay on the SIOUX Icscis ,,
While there he had an excellent oppoiluny w. via,
the condition Of the Indians. ana cAamlhe w" VIZ
IL termed the Messiah craze. lie ha' VlsI,su n.y
all tho agencies during the year ana aDu' 80 ~
1 was at standing rock HIS last VISIT NM Nv
Rosebud. lie has been IN constant core ponuen,o
with the Indian missionaries o the Episc1pa 'nattn,
and l. probably able 10 give a. c"rleo. Oph.o n
upon the situation a. any ono living lie iurii'hs"
the following t'F 80 The Press: -, ,.., nd
Educational and missionary work has been aa-
yancing rapidly among the Indians OF south Dahy,n
aud the whole Indian country Is dGte" t or rncn
chapcs and school houses. The Inhals haso -, .vn
So well disposed that even women teachers hiV,
been living without fear OF mOe>tauon AZ feh.1 a,u
Isolated points in the Indian country with no ne-hDors
Int Indians Tho spread Of civilization has alarmed
the heather party. Pressed on the one hnila Sy
the advance Of The whites ana on te yI e ,odions
the wilder Indians lind themselves c9rnerco ' wv, e
Ike wild animals at bay S,sss VIM" nrasrSs. Hence
has arisen | think the present deGsion, which pIom
lsng II does. the confusion OF al .iv "a IrSan
and the survival Of the advocates OF the OH IIu's
life come, 10 the Wild indians vcry opportuncl' anu
has to alarming degree taken possession oi s'v,
minds They gather together ~ points rrm.Ncu "
much as possible from observation ana inler1crsnvs
and there by harangics and songs and dance, WORK
Tho implements and symbols of civilization aid sup
planting them bv relics OF barlaFi ,' ~ ~ 49," i
many parts Of Tic Indian country one hears less OF
IL than he docs in sioux Pals M, "aa'n -, , me-
utterly Improbable The Almighty j. ahwt 20 a.
nose 81 The whites quite cHecmaly according 10 inc
80 far as am able to Judge. the movement !.
not gaining but rather the reverse ! shoulu irar
the results Of forcble interference WIN 'e ~ aS
present excitement Time VIII reveal llr p,,
practised by the rngleafers for ths proi-m I 49,,
viii not come, and meanwhile The indlan' VII haVe
danced themselves out Their prophets nave saln
tl,at the quahing If the earth and tie coming OF tas
Ne sah would occur at the neNt new ,e S ypement viii
bo allayed All have doubtless read more OF ,ess
In the newspapers Of the deuson which as ,aee
nosse,stOn of the minds " the wilder element aihoe
the Indians The leaders I'm the movement naNe III.
MIGRATED old heather Ideas with snaiches OF ,hlsua
truth and have managed to excite an amour, Oh en-
Son OF God will presently appear as inc avehErr VI
treat wave Of new Garth viii ovcrspread the present
Of the world and bury al tne % yes, na,ans
viii ind themselves on the surface OF the new earth
baskng i'm the light Tho old ways VIII ALI lbs restored
In primltiyc vlgor and glory and tho buffalo antelope
and deer viii return rio dcvotecs Of these ideas
orr dressed In their exercises In special CARP "a shl
made Of calico apd worn HE blouse gned ey t ehnf
fcatiirc) and amid harangucs from their leaders aug
songs in which they cry. The Buffalo are coming MI
themselves round and ronni IN wild dances untll
they fall to the ground unconscious, Lley are ,hnn
I'm this state they will be transported IN the splr,
world and viii 500 their friends who have dcd Sns
consciousness they tell Of the strange visions thcy
ism grown desperate Ia It's vig0r and reinstate
Itself Many q the missionaries have long been
craze revvcs many dear memories and appeals strongly
to the feeling even In the CIVILIZED Indians. III
these old ideas the being ~ many Of them moves
with the ease Of old habit like machinery we'll oiled
In Christian thought and lfe. their natures, not yet
when dry MANY Of tho indians look upon the whole
movement. however. with dsdain and unless some I'M
c S,r C ~ f" dsdd dan The like
another will run its course and pass away