New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-22
THE SERMON OF AN INDIAN PROPHET.
HIS TALK NOT wARLIKE. BUT INDICATIVE OF
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AN EXPECTED MIRACLE.
Chicago. Nov. 21.-Ths evening General Miles was
in receipt Of telegram dated Rosebud Indian Agency
S. D.. In which the officer making the Official repors
from that agency has the following interesting communi
cation which he made to his superior officer He says
In advance Of my formal report, send You the ser
mon OF Short Bull, the called prophet OF the Mes
siah at this agency delivered by him at Red Leal
camp
Nv Friends and Relatives will start the thing In
running order. have told that this would come IN pass
In two seasons but the whites interfering so
much Will advance the time from what my rather above
told me- will be shorter Therefore you must not
be afraid of anything Some OF my relatives have no ears
so will have them blown away Now there VIII De true
tree sprout up and all members Of your religion
and the t,be must gather together That win be the place
whore will relatives But before this tlne we
must dance the balance OF the moon a. the end OF which
time earth win SILVER very hard whenever THIS th's
occurs wind to blow We ar" the ones VINO
vii then see fathers mothers and everybody We the
tribe OF Indians and tie living the sacred fc
God our Fathtr himself has told, and commanded ana
shown me do these things Our Father In Heaven mas
placed mark each point Of the four winds FIRST
clay pipe which lies at the setting OF the sun ana represents
the Sioux tribe second there is holy arrow lying at the
north which represents Cheyenne tribe third at the
rising sum- thefe lies hail. representing the Arapahoe
tribe and fourth lies pipe and nice feather at the
south which represents the Crow tribe My Father has
shown me these things, therefore must continue the
dance There may soldiers surround you but pay no aten
ton to them Continue the dance II the soldiers sur
round YOU four deep, three Of you upon whom have
nut holy shirts will sing song which nave taught
YOU and some Of them will drop dead. Then the rest
Will start to rum will sink into the earth
The riders will Jump from their horses, but they VIII
sink into the you do what you desire for
them. 80
Now YOU must know this that all the soldiers and that
race will be dead There Will be only 500 Of them LETT
living on the earth My friends and relatives THIS is
straight and true. Now must gather at Pass Creek
Thonw
dead relatives You must not take any earthly things
with you. Their women and men must disrote theni'
selves Ny Father above has told us to do this ana we
must do as he You must not be afraid OF anything
The guns are the only things that afraid o. but
they belong to Father in Heaven. He will see that
they do no Whatever white NAV tell you do not
listen TO them. My relations, this Is ALL VIII no"
raise nv hand up my Father and close what he has sau
to you through me-
THE INDIAN SCHOLARS QUIET At CARLISLE
Carlisle PENN Nov. 81 (speciaD.-Tac story OF
Messiah appearing among the Indians, when mas
created such a widespread excitement N the t"ipes
in the Northwest and in Indian Territory and has
no,v spread to ali The ir:b.s I'm America, III ~"
opinion OF Captain Il. II. Pratt. superintendent OF
the Government Indian Training School III THIS eN'
has becn managed with consummate ability far be-
vond the shrewdness OF the Indians, lie says tiat
il is the work of white men whose purpose IS un-
known but will appear later The Indians at
The school do not talk much to the whites on the
subject. They receive hundreds OF letters daily from
,hclr parents A. yet n few OF the young braves
have expressed a desire to return home ut the re
quest of their fathers. Captain Pratt apprelended
no trouble with the many hundreds OF Indians under
his charge. They read the daily papers, and are
we'll posted tie situation. The captain expressed
the opinion that the medicine men and Old braves
had great influence the superstitouS members
Of their tribes and many OF them would rather en-
courage mischief than otherwise. They felt that
they had been badly treated by tie whites and
remembered their early life one OF grand parade
and pleasure that they chafc the restraints OF tn
reservations. and their loyalty to the Government Is
nnIY enforced.