St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-25
JOHNSON SIDES.
Such Is Said to Be the Unro-
mantle Name OF the Al
legged Indian Messiah.
Gen. Miles Receives a Tele-
gram to This Effect From
an Army officer.
instead Of a BloodthirStY
Avenger, He Is Known as
a Peaeemaker.
Cheyenne Agency Reds Rouse
Suspicion by Not Report
ing for Rations.
Affairs in the Vicinity Of the
Rosebud Post Reported to
Be Quite Critical.
The Dancing Frenzy Attacks
aCamp of Chippewas With
st. Vitus Energy.

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The Indian Mes
siah has been found. a letter received
to-day by Gen. Miles from an army
officer at Los Angeles, CAL, tells the
particulars. The letter said: II know
1t will be surprising when | say to you
thatI have found the Messiah, and the
story OF my finding him is as follows:
Last spring an Indian called, and said
he would like to speak to the command
ing general. The messenger introduced
him 10 me, and / turned him over to
another officer for that purpose. But in
few moments he was turned over to
me again. took him in the room and
he gave history of himself. He said
his name was johnson Sides; that he
was known as the Peacemaker among
all Indians and the whites of Nevada,
where he lived. To substantiate
his statement he showed me medal
which he carried strung around his
neck, on which was a legend to the
effect that he was presented with the
medal by some Christian society for his
efforts toward doing good to his fellow
men, whether white or red. he coul d
talk very good English; was dressed
like an ordinary laborer, but had the
Indians way Of wearing his hair. He
told me he read or knew the Bible; that
he was deSirouS of making peace with
every one, and that was why he was
named Peacemaker. He said that In
dians had come from afar off to see him,
and he pulled out pipe, such as are
made by the Northern Indians, which
pipe was recognized as having come
from either Montana or Dakota. John
son Sides said that it
Came From Dakota;
that the kind of clay of which 1t was
made could not be found in Nevada, and
that the stem was of a peculiar Wood
not found in Nevada or California. He
mentioned the names of the Indians
who had visited him aud the tribes they
had called. / firmly believe that this is
the good-natured Indian who has
caused all this trouble; that he has
taught the members of his tribe the
story of Christ, or the Messiah and the
time when he will once more visit this
earth, as it has been taught him by the
Christian people interested in his well
fare. He has told these visiting In
dians of the paradise in store for
all the people when the Son shall
once more visit this earth, and the
Indians paradise is whatever his
imagination may lead him to believe the
same as white man. He has, no doubt,
delivered the story in Its true light and
the Indians who are telling the story
have warped and woven it according to
their understanding. Johnson Sides is
well known to all people living along
the line of the Central Pabifc railroad
in the vicinity of Reno and Winnemuc-
ca, New"
Gen. Miles, after reading this, letter,
seemed impressed with the idea that
Johnson Sides was the same identical
Indian who is referred to in the letter
of Capt. Higgins, from Poplar Creek
agency few days ago. Whether this
explanation of the craze be the true
one or not will, however, not alter in
the least the plans of the general for
promptly repressing the threatened
widespread outbreak.