Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-15
THE INDIAN MESSIAH.
SITTING BULLS ACCOUNT OF HIS AP-
 PEARANCE UPON EARTH.
How the Alleged Deliverer Proposes to Rescue the Abor gines--RemariS- able Influence of Sitting Bull
 over the Indians.

A Fort Reno, I. T., dispatch to the Globe-Democrat says: There Is at pres ent among the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, in the Indian Territory, an h. dian upon who all attention and reyer- ence Is lavished. This is Sitting Bull, the Arapahoe, who has seen Christ. All his relatives belong to the Southern Ara pahoes, and less than eight years ago hls home was with them. At that time he visited the Northern tribe, and not being particular where he lived, and finding the supplies issued in the North of the same quality as those issued in the South, he remained with his Northern kindred. His father had been a chief and a man of in- duence in the affiliated tribes, and when he died his blanket fell upon the shOul- ders of Sitting Bull and his brother, Scabby Bull. This fact gave him pro minence among his people and lends weight to his utterances. It is very diff fcult to extract any information upon the subject of the Messiah from the Indians, as it Is a very sacred and fearful subject to them. There are few who do not believe it, and the chiefs have issued an edict commanding all to accept the teach ing, and threatening a visitation of severe punishment upon any who dare mention lLib 5uDJSCG lO LliO WQ1UGS. NOW IlldI tiiG Cherokee Commission is among them. negotiating for the sale of their lands, the tribes are divided into two parties, one favoring the sale and the taking of lands in seyeralty, and the other opposing it. 1 Each party claims the Messiah Is favor | able to its position, and the interpreters 1 occasionally hear something of their new 1 belief. Then there are few young men, ! educated at Carlisle and elsewhere, who repudiate the whole matter, but out of 1 fear of the chiefs they remain reticent. l But from these sources the following in- formation has been obtained:
 THE VISIT OF THE MESSIAH.
 Sitting Bull was hunting one day, near the Shoshone Mountains, and as night came on he was seized with a strange feeling. and, at first involuntarlly, but finally with alacrity, he followed star which moved west ward through the sky. All night the star guided him, and near morning in the mountains he came upon the Messiah, clad in a white robe. His hair was long and his beard extended to his breast and about his head was halo When this sight burst upon Sitting Bull he tainted. A vision appeared to him. and in it he saw all the Cheyennes and
  engaged in a dance. Powder Face, Stone Cdir, Black Kettle, Yellow Bear and in numerable other chiefs were conducting the dance, and invited him to take part Presently he was restored to his senses and the Messiah began talking to him To those acquainted with the Indian character the first question does not seen, strange. He asked Sitting Bull what hs wanted to eat and was answered that buffalo would please him. Immediately he saw an immense herd near by, anC without any difficulty killed one. The Messiah asked him if all the Indian; would like to see their dead kindred anc the buffalo restored. Sitting Bull says he assured him they would, and was toiC to go back and assure his tribe that they should be gratifed He, the Messiah said he had come to save the white man but that they had persecuted him. an( now he had come to deliver the long tor mented Indian. He showed him tht holes in his hands made by the nail when he was crucifed, to convince hin that he was the same Christ who had ap peared 1900 years ago. All day Chris instructed him and gave him evidence O his power. He said that the white mel had come to take him, but as they ap preached the soil became quicksand anI , the men and horses sank. As evenin. came on he bade Sitting Bull depart. ant although he had been hunting away iron his teepe for ten sleeps. he come to 1t in very few minutes. He told his peopl his story, and asked that Porcupine b sent to verify 1t. He returned with tn same tales, and presumably all were con . vinced