Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-07
Sixteen Tribes Believe In Him. bat
the Snake Indians sci
do not. uriiot
THE INNOCENT VICTIM or a
EMuRDERoUs NEGRO.
The FounderIng OF a Yacht and
the Drowning Of a ---.s
Lord. r-f
A BIG CONFEDERATION IN
oWENS5URo- ~.
In Defense Of His Mother.-ktiled
His FAther.-0ther '.es.f
-rg
Items. r,-.
By Telegraph to the SEws.
GENERAL MILES VIEWS.
He Has Some queer Ideas About
The Indian Messiah. ..

He Has Some queer Ideas About
the Indian nessinh. 400 !
ST. PAUL, Nov. Cen. Mikes,
commander Of the division OF the
Missouri. Is here on his return from /
his western tour. Regarding the
causes and nature OF the religious |
"craze' existing among the various !
Indian tribes, he says: -lt
AZ have been in the Utah, Montana |
and Cheyenne reservations, inyesti-
eating this craze. You have no
doubt heard that the Indian tribes
are reported TO believe that,aMessIah (
has come, who is TO restore them TO
their former glory and bring
back . the buffalo and drive \
the whites from the land. | have
learned that this belief exists among
various ntribes-SIoux, Cheyennes,
-Blackfeet. Shoshones and other
tribes. In all, the craze is extended
TO sixteen tribes, the Snake Indians
being The only ones TO repudiate II.
There Is no doubt that many lndi-
ans who are holding this belief in the
Indian Messiah are sincere, and
I
on whom they look TO be 1p1a- 4
THAT MESSIAH. iHa- ri
Several small parties Of Indians
have gone westward from their
tribes TO some point, which, as near
as | can locate IL. Is in Nevada.
There they have been shown some
body disguised As Messiah and have
spoken with him. / am inclined 10
believe that there are more thanone
person impersOnating this Messiah,
as when the Sioux have spoken
with him he replied in the Sioux
language. AMI 10 the Blackfeet he
has spoken their tongue, and So on,
with the representatives Of each na-
ton or tribe, speaking their own
language 10 each"
"Who do you think responsible
for this imposition upon the In
dians?"
81 cannot state positively, but it IS
my belief that the MormOns are the
prime movers in It. This is not n
hard statement 20 believe, for there
are 200, 900 MOrmons and they them
selves claim 10 believe in prophets
| and spiritual manifestations, and
they even now claim TO hold inter
course with the spirit Of Joe Smith.
Besides, they have had missionaries
at work among the Indians for
many years and have made many
Converts
40 RLOODSIIED To BE FEARED.
"Do you think this new belief of
the Indians will lead 10 an outbreak
and blOOdshed?" st
81 do not think so, but when an
ignorant race becomes religious
fanatics, II is hard 10 tell just what
they will do. IL is noteworthy,
however, thst this sO-cslled Messilh
tells the Indians that when he cOmes
to reign over them, firearms will no
longer be used or necessary. He
tells them also that with his COM
ing the dead Indians will all be
raised 10 life, the buffalo return,
and he will draw a line behind on
which he will gather all the In
diAns. and then he will roll the
earth lack upon the whites. This
has naturally excited the Indians
ami large numbers have accepted
the new belief. Among those who
have done 20 none is more ardent
than
SfTTISG BULL,
who Is intensely Indian in all his
ideas"
"Do you think that the person
who is impersOnating Messiah is 4
white man or an Indian?'
Those who have seen him say,
that he is mufiled up and disguised
so they do not see his face, but be-
lieve he is a full-bloOded white. The
argument the Indians use in dis
cussing the matter l., The whites
have had their Messiah and the
Indians now have theirs. The sit1a-
: ton Is not alarming in any way
and / do not know whether any
action will be taken 10y the govern
; ment regarding the matter, until
l altar I hava naIsa my rnnnrf -