The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-28
rgE INDIANS MESSIAH.
70 Old LEGENDS AND TRADI-
TONS OF INDIAN TRIBES.

,,,r Who Saw the Redeemer-
From the ST. louis Republic.
-,,-s is great excitement at present
+ba western and northern Indians.
80 80 bordering on frenzy, with regard to
...vnscted NJ ssslah, who is to appear and
80. 80 the continent from the pale-faces,
',sa,,sh them across the OCEAN. He is to
&c 30 the freedom which once existed
- tie red men ere the Mayfio1er
- and they are to roam at will ones
=. over the land. Tires years ago, a
- Indian IN Montana taught tina. the
.,.-;ob would make the Indians impervi-
% bnllets; two years ago, a medicine
named Swohalle. claimed that tn.
18th vas coming to wreak vengeance
an the pale-faces for their wrongs to the
,F#.ns and now Sitting Bull actually
Vim. 10 have seen the Messiah, and that
,-c,rning is near at hand.
THE VISION OF SITTING BULL.
~ Zook. Montana ranchman, gives
- following interesting account of the
=. of the Messiah, as related to him:
Sting Bull was hunting one day near the
cS..bone mountains, and as night came on
p.aras seized with a strange feeling, and at
~ involunta lily but finally with alacritv
IL.sdIiouVad star which moved west ward
g,S,yb the sky. All night the star guided
70 and near morning he met the Messiah.
vi J.I IN white robe His hair flowed upon
n shouliers, his beard was long, and
..,,nd his head shone bright
S.n When Sitting Bull beheld this
lrTnderful apparition he tainted and
t,5 strange dream. A band of
chsvennes and Arapahoes, who had long
.i-c5 been dead, appeared to him and
5srcel. inviting him to JOIN them. Pres
.~,lv he was restored to mis- senses, and the
S'o,.iqh spoke to him. He asked him if the
1nTs1s would not rejoice to see their dead
ti1irad and the buffalo restored to life, and
SITTING Bull as u-ed him that they would
ladse2ly gratifed. Then the Messiah told
him rat lie had come to save the white
nan but that they had prosecuted him, and
nav he had come to rescue the long
.o,mented Indian. He showed him the holes
n his hands made by the nails when
Ia was crucified to convince him that he
va, the same Christ who had appeared l.
M years ago. All day Christ instructed
tim and gave him evidence of his power.
n SAID that the white men had come to
AXE him. but as they approached the soil
becsne auicksand aud the men and horses
wnk. As evening came on he bade Sitting
Bnl depart, and. although he had been
hunting away from his teepee for ten
leaps, be came to it IN very few minutes.
He told lis people his story, and sent others
| 10 verify his statements, and they told the
same tales"
THE WORSHIP DANCE.
When tie Indians heard of this wonderful
vision they came in swarms to see Sitting
Bull and pitched their teepees around him
There they inaug urated the "worship
. Dances and forming a ring to the number
Of 2OO0 people, they danced around Sitting
Bull and his chiefs, whilst chanting monot-
nous accompaniment of wierd strains. Thus
hey danced all night until they dropped
own from sheer exhaustion, when others
would take their place.
Sitting Bull praised their zeal and babe
hem depart to their winter quarters, and
here await the Messiah, who was to come
ntbe spring-tlme. He likewise urged them
b leave the pale.faees unmolested, as the
isAiah would move them across the ocean,
ni they would torment the Indians no
more Following his advice they took down
hateepees and departed to their homes.
HE DEVIL CAN HAVE THE WHITES.
ncsing Horse, a ST ux. who claims TO
tsye iu t returned from visit ID heaven
tells the following curious story: He says
lat he entered heaven through a hole in
te sky, and that he saw the Great Spirit.
Mo told him that the Indians hal suffered
Mg enough, and that the time had come
M their deliverance. They were to occupy
he earth once more, which had been taken
from them by tbs whites, but they
were not to kill or modest them.
Th, Ca,,f, - III l. II.
was getting full Of holes, and many
send wave of earth 5wenty feet or more
over the country. and that it would move
slowly. The Indian must keen dancing, SO
Gto be on top, and. when the wave passed,
all The pale-faces wGuld be buried under
heath, and the IndiEns would be on top.
All the dead Indians would be restored to
NE again, aad the hutfaloes, horses, game
sld their old hunting grounds would be as
aey were hundreds of years ago, and the
ldlans would, for all time IN the future,
Tn and occupy the earth. All Indians
mo would not listen to the words of the
Fophet and keep dancing would be turned
nto fishes and dwell in the rivers and
rreams
lie said that whilst talking to the Great
piTlt the devil came to them. He de-
nloeS the devil as being very tall, with
lulelse knee Joints, monster mouth and
ing teeth. He was covered all over with
SarSe hslr. He asked for half of the peo-
y meaning the Indians, but the Great
pTt refused to grant his request. He
%ed again, but the Great Spirit replied:
lou can have none Of my chosen Indian
ulQren but you can have all the whiuea.n
THE sCARLgC WOMAN.
ana now still greater excitement prevails
"a account of the appearance of squaw
.4o mas come recently from Canada, and
S vao Claims to be the mother of the expected
a'SSlan. Sne gtories in the euphonious
1le OF Walutawin Scarlet woman. and
1.-THE wife of Tiksoga. a member Of Wa
sAsl oand OF Sioux, but it is said that she
Isi not native, as she belongs to band OF
.-1anS across the Manitoba line She is of
. u1lmandlng figure, and when she ap-
f~'eq III court, In answer to the charges
SSYlsut against her of melting the In
>. 'uS 20 revolt, she seemed to be entirely
uer ease. and spoke in a low
cI.; WIN Intense earnestness. She pro-
r,s 1lo1 uerselt as the mother of Christ, who
Inv. ~" upon the earth making prepara-
c. N 70 rebuild it for his chosen people.
s Sta. nerds OF buffalo were to wander about
W. WI 'ue days Of long ago, and the Indians
md ioW sleep In death were to rise again,
I1.tleVer more wander over the earth.
lin ,Dose Gays there will be no more reserva-
nr +, - ~ . messenger from the great father to
M W" W tA7 Indians, "Come back here-stay
m ~ VA "a reservation" Thus she expatiated
Tll T. .le rosy inted dawning of the Indian
pi.9aiuE, and painted glowing word
''T:aie u taelr future freedom in the land.
6, Nv, rro trouble is feared among the Indians
s,s paoseht, though they remain restless and
oo4clIlng themselves by frequent war
oft5a , gnd are still coking for the coming