The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-01
Kicking Horse, a Sioux Indian, Has
Been Working on the Credulity
of the Indians
At Standing Rock and Grand River
Agencies, by Claiming to be
q Prophet.
He Tells Them That h. Went to
Heaven and Got Pointers
About the Future.
The Whites Are to be DESTROYED b,
q Great Earth Wave and the
Indians Saved
To Inherit the Earth Alone.

- S.S
Sioux prophet, has been visiting the In
dians under Major McLaughlin's charge
and with the Sitting Bull contingent
down on Grand river, has succeeded in
stirring up considerable excitement. The
prophet claims to have visited heaven
and returns to earth to tell his fellow
Indians Of the good things in store for
them. The Sioux Indians at Standing
Rock were supposed to be two intelli-
gent to take any stock in the nonsense
preached by Kicking Horse, but so much
excitement was caused and such a rest
less, crazy spirit engendered that Major
Mclaughlin found it necessary to order
the prophet off the reservation and to
put several Indians in the guard house
for continuing the seances. Sitting
Bull, however, is always ready to go into
something mysterious. He delights in
preaching deviltry and "big medicine"
racket among the ignorant and super
~stitious. This is where Sitting Bulls
strength has been IN the past.
Until broken up by Major McLaugh-
lin last week, the Indians were dancing
and singing, making both night and day
hideous with their carousals. Theproph-
ct claims to have gone to heaven through
q hole in the clouds, where he saw and
talked with God and his wife and son
Christ. He is cunning enough to mix
enough christian doctrine with his pro-
phetic teaching to make it seem real.
God told him that his children, the Indi-
ans, had suffered long enough and the
time had arrived when they would again
occupy the earth, so long held by the
whites, but they must not kill or modest
the whites or God would punish them.
He said He Himself would wipe out the
white race from the face of the earth.
God told him the earth was getting full
Of holes and many places were rotten.
He would gradually send a ave of earth
twenty feet or more over the country; it
would move slowly. The Indians must
keep dancing 80 as to keep IN top and
when the wave had passed all the whites
would be buried underneath and the In
dams would be on top. All the dead In
dams would be restored to life again and
all the buffalo and horses and game and
all their old hunting grounds would be
as they were hundreds of years ago, and
the Indians would for all time in the FIJI.
ture own and occupy this earth. All In
dams who would not listen to the words
of the prophet and keep dancing would
be turned into fishes and occupy the riv-
ers and streams. He said, while talking
with God, the devil came to them. He
describes the devil as being very tall,
with immense knee Joints and monster
mouth and long teeth. He was covered
all over with coarse hair. He asked God
for half of his people, meaning the Indi-
ans. God told him no. He asked God
again and God said no. The third
have none of my chosen Indian chlldren,
but you can have all the whites" Christ
told him he knew everything he was
thinking about, and he wa much AFRAID
of Christ because he read his thoughts.
Christ told him not to be afraid, as they
were brothers, but to go and tell his peo-
pie to be prepared. A Mrs. Weldon, q
white woman from the east, who has
more money than brains, is living with
Sitting Bull at present and the Indians
report her to be converted to his doc
trine. She furnishes the grub pile for
the dance-as with all: their faith they
cannot dance without something to eat.
The Indians are fast becoming converts
it is 60 easy for them to be led back to
their old superstitions. Some really
bright Indians say you cannot
hands with this prophet for when you
touch his hand it burns like fire. What
the outcome Of it will be cannot be told
at this time, but they are greatly ex-
cited now. Although Kicking Horse has
been run of he has left many. converts
here and Sitting Bull is particularly rest
less, If il was spring time instead OF
fall il is possible that the excitement
would result in an uprising that would
reoulre the aid Of troops to put down.
The initiation is something like q secret
eociety. The candidate is blindfolded
and taken into q tepee and whirled
around until too dizzy to stand. In the
meantime the Indians on the outside are
engaged in dancing. The candidate
comes out Of the tepee with the prophet
and his dizziness and strange actions
c~onyinces the other Indians that there is
something superhuman about him. The
prophet tells them they must keep on
dancing. They have been at this for
some time. They dance until so ex-
hausted they fall down and sleep and
when they awaken they are mystifed
at their surroundings and still stronger
in the faith.
Thus far all arguments seem to have
failed and the agent has been obliged to
put many in the guard house. It is
likely Major Mclaughlin will soon be
able TO demonstrate TO the Indians that
thie man and his followers are frauds. %
he did sometime ago with the great med
ioine man Frosted, who claimed to be
able to move Standing Rock and compel
r. TO walk. The Indians believed he
could do il. Mi. Mclaughlin said, "A!l
right; VS. will see" He told the medl;
cine man to move the rock, and il ne did
&st fHs3y